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• Golden Globes® 2025: A Terrific Year for Independent Films! January 2, 2025
  The Golden Globes® awards ceremony will take place on January 5, 2025. This year’s event will be the 82nd in the history of the Golden Globes®, but only the second since they were reorganized under the ownership of Dick Clark Productions and Eldridge. Over 300 journalists from 85 countries voted on this year’s Golden Globe®... […]
• Happy Holidays From the CreativeFuture Team! December 18, 2024
  Dear Friends, The air at CreativeFuture HQ in Los Angeles has turned to a frigid sixty degrees, and while we shiver to our Californian bones, we know that the turn in weather means the holidays are finally here. As we eagerly await the new year, we’re preparing our wish lists with the hope that we’ll... […]
• A Few of the Creative Works (and Other Things) We’re Grateful for in 2024 November 20, 2024
  Thanksgiving is almost here, which means it’s time to reflect on what we’re grateful for. Or, at least, try. If you’ve read any of our other blogs, you’ll know that here at CreativeFuture, we’re actually more comfortable dishing out sarcastic “thank-yous” than warm, honest ones. Gratitude doesn’t come naturally to us. But, ‘tis the season,... […]

Stephen Carlisle

• The “Art of No Deal” Will Cost Trump Plenty in Copyright Infringement Case September 20, 2024
  On September 13, 2024, a Federal Court Judge issued summary judgement against Donald Trump and his campaign in the long running copyright infringement dispute with Barbadian based musician Eddy Grant over the Trump campaign’s use of Grant’s song “Electric Avenue” in a Trump campaign video. To anyone who read the Judge’s initial ruling denying Trump’s […]
• Appellate Court Rules That “Sophisticated Plaintiffs” Are Entitled to Equal Protection Under the Copyright Laws August 29, 2024
  It’s one of those principles that should not need to be debated: people are entitled to equal protection under the law. Yet strangely, one Federal Court went out of its way to penalize a litigant, because they were a “sophisticated copyright litigator” causing the dismissal of the case. Now, the Second Circuit has weighed in […]
• Court Reaffirms Your Right to Copy-Protect Your Work August 9, 2024
  We use locks constantly in our everyday life. Our houses have locks on them. Our autos have locks on them. Even our interactions on the internet require that our actions are protected by usernames and passwords. It’s only common sense. However, that common sense has eluded the folks over at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. They […]

Hugh Stephens Blog

• Writers! Do You Know your Drafts on MS Word are being Scooped by Microsoft to Build its AI Algorithm? But You Can Stop This From Happening (Read On). January 18, 2025
  Image: Shutterstock Although I post my blog content on WordPress, I usually use MS Word to draft my content initially. I am used to it, and it is easy to use. Little did I know that, according to the blogsite and forum nixCraft, Microsoft recently (September Privacy update) switched on a feature that allows them […]
• Visiting Mexico Made Me Wonder…Are the Works of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in the Public Domain (Answer: It Depends) January 14, 2025
  Image: Museo del Arte Moderno, Mexico City This is the time of year when Canadians find a desperate need to escape, from rain, sleet, snow and hail. They head for sunnier climes further south. With my family I spent a few days in that great, populous republic down south, the one with a brand-new president, […]
• Digital Platforms and News Content: Australia Takes Off the Gloves January 7, 2025
  Image: Shutterstock Canada infamously tried to take a leaf from Australia’s book in dealing with large internet platforms, like Google and Meta, that benefit from news media content without paying for it. In 2023, Canada introduced the Online News Act (Bill C-18), a Canadian version of Australia’s News Media Bargaining Code. The Australian approach, first […]

Gordon Firemark Podcasts

Content Café – Australia

• Global sports streamer buys Foxtel January 3, 2025
  The global sports streaming service DAZN has agreed to buy a majority stake in the Australian pay-TV giant Foxtel and its subsidiary streaming services Kayo, Binge and Hubbl. The $3.4bn deal, which […]
• Major sports piracy ring shut down by ACE January 3, 2025
  The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has shut down an illicit sports streaming site which logged 812 million visits over the past 12 months. ACE’s sporting members, including beIN […]
• Filming snippets in cinemas, is it piracy? November 29, 2024
  A new trend has emerged following the release of Wicked and Deadpool & Wolverine, whereby young viewers are filming critical scenes of the films to post on social media. While […]