I interviewed Senior Counsel for Vimeo, Michael Cheah, who shares his thoughts about why The Stop Online Piracy Act ( SOPA ). Vimeo is running messages on January 18 th (today) highlighting the issue and will invite users to tell Congress to reject SOPA.  Update on SOPA – Co-sponsors in Congress Changing Their Tune

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Vimeo Fights SOPA, Supports OPEN Act To Curtail Online Video Piracy

I interview entertainment and new media attorney Gordon Firemark for a guide on two controversial bills in Congress and the top online video crisis of 2012 – the Protect IP Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which are threating to censor our free expression and remove our ability to do business with online video. My video interview with Gordon Firemark on SOPA and PIPA You can just watch my video interview with attorney Gordon Firemark below, or go right to the article and accompanying videos further below. Click here to watch the video.

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SOPA And PIPA May Cripple The Web Video Ecosystem, Unless We Fight It

Zediva had an interesting business model, buy a bunch of DVD players and get a bunch of DVDs for rental.

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Virtual DVD Rental Service Zediva Shut Down Permanently

This week there’s a lot of little news along with a couple big news items, including what Mark Burnett is doing with his upcoming reality TV shows to make them more social and interactive and the new YouTube app for Xbox Live. We look at both of these, especially the new YouTube app and several of the implications it has for the future of online video consumption and those who create online video.

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Xbox Live YouTube App Will Change Online Video – The Reel Web Episode #18

In our continued “Is That Legal” video series, I have entertainment law attorney and friend-of-ReelSEO, Gordon Firemark , answer a fan’s question about making parody videos of professional wrestling for their own marketing activities.  Entertainment Lawyer Gordon P.

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Parody Videos In Online Marketing – Fair Use Or Illegal?

Let’s face it. We all expect Justin Bieber to go to prison for some reason down the road, because almost every child who experiences success at such an early age tends to find trouble.

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Justin Bieber Goes To Prison!…Is One Possible Headline If Bill S.978 Gets Passed

Girl Talk, aka Gregg Gillis, is a mashup artist.  His 2008 album, “Feed the Animals” pushed him into indie rock stardom, the indie part likely being permanent.  Since Girl Talk creates all of his music from unlicensed samples of popular music, he’ll probably never be heard on the radio or get a studio album deal.  Even his label is called Illegal Art.  Where Girl Talk makes his money is through live shows, and Morgan Spurlock has caught him on the day of a performance at the Hangout Festival in Gulf Shores, Alabama. This has been the way most of the “A Day in the Life” episodes have gone so far.  This is another performer on the day of a show and what he does in the hours leading up to it.  I think here, Spurlock’s “get out of the way” approach that he has adopted for this series really hurts, mainly because there are so many issues and so many intricacies of Girl Talk’s music that are more interesting than just what he does leading up to a show. For instance, it would be eye-opening to hear a debate on whether Girl Talk violates copyright laws or is in the domain of fair use, something that has been we touched on in a previous article for web video’s Red Vs

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Girl Talk’s Music Raises Interesting Questions, But Day in the Life Doesn’t Explore Them

YouTube knows that music is a huge part of its success–and therefore a huge part of any future success the platform hopes to have. In just the last few months, they’ve hired both Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber to help promote Google Chrome, and just this week they overhauled their Music Page . Now they’ve recruited pop & country superstar, Taylor Swift, to do an exclusive Q&A with fans through the YouTube Presents program.

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Taylor Swift Wants Fans’ Video Questions For YouTube Presents Q&A

This legal video question comes form Malia Leinau Meyers of Malia Professional Photography, out of Kailua, Hawaii, concerning the use of copyrighted music in her video montages of photography work.

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7 Tips for Using Copyrighted Music in Professional Videos & Slideshows

The time is now to counter the troubling proliferation of socially irresponsible video online, and that starts with each of us. That’s why I’ve enlisted the help a couple of ethics and legal experts to help me with putting together what I believe is the first-ever, “Pledge for Online Video Responsibility,” which I hope can help both online video professionals and enthusiasts be more mindful and considerate of others.

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A Pledge For Online Video Responsibility – A Video Code Of Ethics