CSM Blog

The Center for Intellectual Property Biennial Symposium in Baltimore early June was a hotbed of fair use discussion.

How do you teach art students about making fair and legal decisions, especially in an era in which appropriation is everywhere? Paul Dobbs and Greg Wallace from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design have an answer: JeopARTy. Read more...

Greetings from Telluride Mountainfilm! I had the distinct pleasure of taking part in one of Mountainfilm's programs that helps to strengthen the work of non-profits. This one was on Strategic Communications and Spitfire Strategie's Kristen Grimm taught me to love the Smart Chart^TM. Read more...

Did you know that Yahoo! has a Business & Human Rights Program? Today they hosted a Change Your World Summit in Washington, D.C.--a follow up to their first Summit in Cairo--dedicated to Women, Technology and Social/Digital Media. I showed up to see what's new in the discussion that may apply to social documentary filmmakers. Read more...

Tomorrow Partners, a Berkeley based strategic design firm, recently launched a free cloud-based online tool for aggregating all sorts of metrics, including social media and web presence in a personalized dashboard.Read more...

Image by Ben Moskowitz

Creating a project leveraging the web opens up uncountable opportunities for storytellers. Footage that was previously cut due to time constraints, or stories that didn't fit tightly enough within the narrative to be included, can now contribute to the narrative of an interactive project. As freeing as the many options a media maker has may seem, however, they can also be overwhelming.Read more...