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An ad hoc group of Bay Area folks who explore how new technology is driving social change, organized by Sundeep Ahuja, is holding its fifth event on Thursday. (I wrote about awareness2action’s first event almost exactly one year ago.) Here are the details: Event: Crowdsourcing for Social Good Hosts: SocialEarth, Hub Bay Area and Chronicle […]
Citizens as government watchdogs
You don’t need to be a card-carrying member of the press corps to serve as a public watchdog over the government and elected officials. First, the Freedom of Information Act applies to U.S. citizens and foreign nationals, not just members of the Fourth Estate. Since its passage, countless examples of government waste, fraud and mismanagement […]
The rules around capturing public performances
Can you shoot video or take a photo of a street artist in public — and post it on your blog? Are you allowed to shoot video or take a photo or record music of a musician or street artist performing in a public place and post it online? Attorney Colette Vogele of the […]
Do video producers need a publicity release waiver?
Here’s a 3-minute video interview with Colette Vogele, an intellectual property attorney in San Francisco, regarding whether video producers and video bloggers need to obtain a right of publicity release form from the subjects of their videos if they plan on using the video commercially. For many purposes online, nonprofits fall into the “commercial use” […]
