New Media Rights Guides are available to browse, read and learn from. They are organized by category and title.
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Legal Guides
Copyright Law & Fair Use
- Frequently Asked Questions About Copyright Law
- The Fair Use App (An Interactive Guide for Filmmakers and Video Creators about when you can and can't reuse content)
- How do I find the copyright holder?
- Guide For Defendants In Mass Copyright Lawsuits (Bit Torrent Filesharing Cases)
- Internet User's Guide To The Copyright Alert System "Six-Strike" Policy - Faq
- A Citizen's Legal Guide To American Copyright Law
- A Citizen's Legal Guide To Fair Use In Copyright Law
- Copyright Tips For Posting Online Videos From Youtube
- How To Find Out What Is In The Public Domain
- Copyright & The Classroom: Using Copyrighted Material In Classrooms and Distance Learning
Privacy
- Stop Unwanted Calls and Texts: How The Telephone Consumer Protection Act and Do-Not-Call List Can Protect You From Telemarketing, RoboCalls, Debt Collection
- Best Practices: How businesses can communicate with individual consumers without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act
- How to identify and remove cell phone tracking software
- Best practices for avoiding defamation on social media
- Legal Guide To Video Releases & The Use And Publication Of Audio And Video Recordings
- Field Guide To Secret Audio And Video Recordings
Creative Commons & Open Licenses
- A Citizen's Legal Guide To Using Creative Commons Licenses
- Best Practices For Creative Commons Attributions - How To Attribute Works You Reuse Under A Creative Commons License
- Open Source Licensing Guide
- Legal Guide To Gpl Compliance - Software Freedom Law Center
- Essential Free And Open Source Software Toolkit
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act - Content takedowns, getting your content back up, and protecting your website from liability.
Free Speech & Censorship
Legal Guides For Content Creators
- Best practices for avoiding defamation on social media
- Guide to 3D printing and the law
- Guide to Intellectual Property & Fiscal Sponsorship Agreements for scientific, research, and archival projects
- Fine print to plain english: things to look out for as a Kindle Worlds author
- Disastrous disclaimers in the digital era: a how to guide on correctly implementing disclaimers in the age of digital media
- Video Games And The Law: Copyright, Trademark And Intellectual Property
- Legal Guide To Video Releases & The Use And Publication Of Audio And Video Recordings
- Guide To Online Publishing Liability Immunity Under The Communications Decency Act Section 230
- Field Guide To Secret Audio And Video Recordings
- A Legal Guide To Podcasting
How To Guides
How To Guides On Finding Free Legal Content To Enjoy And Remix
- How To Find Free Music, Images, And Video You Can Use Or Remix In Your Own Creative Works
- How To Listen To Music On The Internet For Free...Legally
- How To Find Creative Commons Images On Flickr
- How To Find Free And Legal Bittorrent Sites
- How To Download Movies, Music, Software, And More Using Bittorrent
- How To Find Free Stock Footage To Reuse In Your Videos
How To Guides For Video
- Video Editing And Shot Techniques: Study Of Jump Cuts, Match Cuts And Cutaways
- How To Edit Audio: A Beginner's Guide
- How To Convert Youtube (Flv) Video To Other Formats (Avi, Mpg, Mov)
- How To Convert Video For Your Ipod
- How To Capture Streaming Video
- How To Capture Streaming Audio
How To Guides For Creating And Sharing Other Online Content
- How To Make A Podcast...For Free
- How To Upload, Store, And Share Photos And Images
- How To Create, Upload, And Seed A Bittorrent File
- How To Take Screen Shots And Capture Flash Images
How To Guides For Cell Phones
