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Our September newsletter brings news of success stories fighting DMCA abuse, a grant awarded by the California Consumer Protection Foundation, and our continuing efforts to stop the AT&T-Tmobile merger.

You can also catch us in person at Media Law in the Digital Age in October, a conference coproduced by Harvard Berkman Center's Digital Media Law Project and the Center for Sustainable Journalism at Kennesaw State University, as well as Blogworld 2011 in LA in November.

Youtube offers of one out of six Creative Commons licenses, sends mixed messages

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New Media Rights offers legal help to creators on the use of Creative Commons licenses. We were interested to see how Youtube has recently begun to incorporate this progressive licensing structure into their video options. Although we welcome Creative Commons license inclusion into Youtube's service, the way that Youtube has rolled out its CC license options raises serious questions about the future of the online video ecosystem and how "open" that ecosystem will be.

How online video is effecting the future of television and the internet

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Guest blog by Thomas Yohannan

We are in the midst of a shift in the way we consume video content. Nielsen released its first set of online video metrics since June 2010. With online video usage up a staggering 45%, our content is increasingly being delivered by online services. Along with this continued change in our viewing habits, there is a continued change in revenue streams for video content. We can delve into piracy and its potential effects on revenue streams another time. For now lets focus on how the increase in use of online video services will effect both the future of television and the future of what has become our most important basic utility for communication, culture, and speech... the internet.