Online Content Sharing, Part I: Safe Harbor
by Robert ParkerAccording to an annual study by Cisco, within three years, 85 percent of American internet consumption will be watching video, nearly all of which is protected by copyright. While most...
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THE BIG PICTURE: The Everyday Experience Of Braving Your Own Creative Business
We are partnering with RACC on another workshop! If you use our discount code "OVLA17", you can save $6 on the registration fee!This is for you if:You are an artist doing it your way. You make products...
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March 2017 Newsletter
MEET OVLA'S NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OVLA made huge strides in 2016 (check out the December newsletter for highlights) under the leadership of our awesome first Executive Director Pollyanne Birge....
View ArticleOnline Content Sharing, Part II: Takedown Notices
by Robert ParkerAs we noted in Part I of this series, one of the challenges for copyright owners who find their material posted online is finding the individuals who posted it. To combat this problem,...
View ArticleOnline Content Sharing, Part III: Is It Working?
by Robert ParkerThe Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), in particular the section 512 safe harbor provision, fundamentally changed how content is shared on the internet. As we discussed in Part I,...
View ArticleHow Much ‘Minimis’ is de Minimis?
By Robert ParkerA copyright grants protection to the owner against any work which is “substantially similar” to the copyrighted work. This includes not only copying, but recreations of a copyrighted...
View ArticleCopyrights for Music, Part I
Today’s post will cover some important fundamentals of music copyrights. Unlike most creative works, which are generally protected by a single, over-arching copyright, recorded music is covered by two...
View ArticleCopyrights for Music, Part II: What the Music Copyrights Mean to the Owners
By Robert ParkerThe licensing procedures and ownership rights are different for musical compositions than for sound recordings.Musical Composition CopyrightsComposers – unlike the owners of sound...
View ArticleOVLA Seeks Next Executive Director
Oregon Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (OVLA) is committed to supporting the Oregon creative community by providing resources and educational programs related to the legal issues faced by artists and...
View ArticleYou + Me = Us: A Talk About Collaboration
Please join us on April 18, from 4-5pm, for a Design Week Portland panel discussion about artistic collaboration and the associated legal considerations. This panel will be moderated by Bryan Wasetis,...
View ArticleClient Spotlight: Rachel Miller-Howard
Oregon Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts provides pro bono legal consultation to countless Oregon creatives. We recently sat down with Rachel Miller-Howard, a writer and publisher of Doxx Magazine, a...
View ArticleOVLA's Response to Covid-19
OVLA is committed to safely continuing its mission during this time. To do so, we are temporarily taking the following steps:Our monthly legal clinic will continue. While the clinic session is...
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter
OVLA believes that Black lives matter. We mourn and are outraged at the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and countless other Black Americans who have been murdered or harmed by...
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PSU x OVLA: Protect Your Work
Protect Your WorkOVLA joined PSU’s Student Legal Services to provide the 3-part webinar series “Protect Your Work”, which you can watch below. A big thanks to PSU for hosting and our volunteer...
View ArticleCopyright Trolling
By Billie Jo Risheim A troll in folklore is a giant or a dwarf that inhabits caves or hills.[i] Perhaps not so different than the traditional troll is the one that exists in the realm of intellectual...
View ArticleWriting Requirements for Copyright Transfers
By default, the creator of an original work owns the copyright upon creation. And under Section 204 of the Copyright Act a transfer of copyright ownership is not valid unless it’s in writing.OVLA...
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