Brandon Butler

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Dir Info Policy @ UVA Library. Copyright advisor for libraries, filmmakers, podcasters, publishers, and authors. Runner. Guitarist.
Jaszi Butler PLLChttp://usefairuse.com
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@luis_in_brief Thank you, Luis!
@design_law Thank you, Sarah!!
@petersuber Thank you, Peter!!
Brandon Butler (@bc_butler) on X

I’ve been settling in behind the scenes, but today we’re announcing it broadly: I’m thrilled to say I’m the new Executive Director of the ReCreate Coalition! This is my dream job, and there’s never been a more important time to defend balanced copyright and fair use.

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Seems like existing law has some pretty serious consequences for harmful uses of political deepfakes — Criminal charges and FCC fines issued for deepfake Biden robocalls https://www.npr.org/2024/05/23/nx-s1-4977582/fcc-ai-deepfake-robocall-biden-new-hampshire-political-operative
How copyright is killing creativity — except Taylor Swift’s - The Hill
https://apple.news/AUZ268QbPQ8uXx8E9eL0qPQ
How copyright is killing creativity — except Taylor Swift’s — The Hill

Music critics have had enough. Taylor Swift, they say, is making too much music.

Elon Musk’s Gifts to Web Scrapers (Guest Blog Post) - Technology & Marketing Law Blog

By Kieran McCarthy Elon Musk may have done more to open the Internet to web scraping than any person or public interest advocacy group. Not that he meant to do this, mind you. He was trying to do the opposite....

Technology & Marketing Law Blog
@petersuber nice! Public domain poems?
“Police indiscriminately sprayed tear gas into the crowd, at one point hitting a Daily Progress reporter and other members of the media covering the conflict.” https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/education/police-raid-uva-encampment-arrest-anti-war-protesters/article_b869f354-0a54-11ef-9a35-bf020acf72c1.html
Police raid UVa encampment, arrest anti-war protesters

The quiet and peaceful protest on Grounds came to a violent and chaotic end Saturday afternoon.

The Daily Progress
I have a couple of chapters in this excellent copyright guide for libraries and librarians - very positive review in Library Journal: https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/copyright-best-practices-for-academic-libraries-2227587
Copyright: Best Practices for Academic Libraries

Library Journal