Premium user-generated content site Yepic, famous for encouraging bloggers to sell premium content through their service, is preparing to close their doors in just under a month, making another shift in the volatile user-generated content business.

It was another wild week for copyright news with new legislation proposed, two unlikely artists embracing file sharing and Microsoft nuking DRM keys. Proof there is never a slow week in the world of copyright.

One of the greatest challenges in using Creative Commons works is giving a proper attribution in the correct format. However, a new WordPress plugin handles that and also helps you format the images for you blog and locate the right photo.

It was another wild week for copyright news with several updates on the RIAA lawsuit marathon, leaderhip changes at two major companies and much more!

It’s been a frantic week for copyright news major upheavals in the RIAA’s lawsuit escapade and ISPs standing up to big copyright. This is a week you don’t want to miss.

Creative Commons has been a part of my copyright plan for five years now but, as I look back over the past half decade, my excitement and enthusiasm is tinged by disappointment and unanswered questions.

RightsAgent is a new system designed to help you license your content to the world, both for profit and non-profit purposes. But is the system worth entrusting your content to?

A recent post on Blackstar Rising by Scott Baradell entitled “Why Photographers Hate Creative Commons” lays out a case that Creative Commons Licenses, especially as they apply to photos, are frequently violated, misunderstood and, worst of all, confusing.
As someone who is both a CC user and some who has spoken up about problems with following [...]

For most, being plagiarized is an inherently emotional experience. Finding out that someone else copied and claimed something that took hours to produce is bound to produce some negative feelings.
This has lead some to wonder if fighting plagiarism is more about revenge than practicality. To some, it is better to simply forget about the plagiarists, [...]

It’s Monday again and that means it is time for yet another episode of the Copyright 2.0 show. As usual, myself and Chris Matthieu are taking on the past week in copyright law in our usual relaxed, humorous way.
This week’s show is talks about Creative Commons licenses including what they are, how to obtain [...]