It looks like we have some friends on our side when it comes to Chairman Wheeler’s FCC Set-Top Box proposal – 20,878 friends to be exact. This past Monday, CreativeFuture filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission that included over 20,000 voices calling for Chairman Wheeler to consider the damaging... Read more
By Robin Sax This article originally appeared on Psychology Today. I am a lawyer and I love movies. You may be thinking, “Of course. That makes sense – what else does an attorney do to unwind?” While I do love zoning out watching other people’s lives unfold via movies, these two parts... Read more
By Michael D. Smith and Rahul Telang As researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, we are primarily concerned with data and evidence. Unfortunately, when it comes to piracy and its impact on creative artists, we’ve discovered that data and evidence can frequently be obscured by opinion and ideology. A significant portion... Read more
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 is World Intellectual Property (IP) Day, a day to celebrate the important role that creativity and artistic expression play in our cultural and economic life. This year’s theme is “Digital Creativity: Culture Reimagined.” To celebrate, we are joining the President and the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator... Read more
CreativeFuture was part of a joint statement issued today by creative industry groups voicing their opposition to the Federal Communications Commission’s Set-Top Box Proposal, which aims to unlock the set-top box and make it susceptible to third-party applications that facilitate piracy. In addition to CreativeFuture, other groups lending their name to the joint... Read more
By: Dan Selakovich
Tenth in the series. Some years ago, I wrote and self-published a book for filmmakers called “Killer Camera Rigs That You Can Build.” As I was the publisher, I was neck deep in the sales and distribution of the book. The first edition sold extremely well (this was the only... Read more