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Drones, Henry H. Perritt Jr., Eliot O. Sprague

Henry H. Perritt, Jr.

Crowdsourcing Indie Movies, Henry H. Perritt Jr.

Henry H. Perritt, Jr.

Crowdsourcing Indie Movies

Henry H. Perritt, Jr.

Abstract

Internet-centered technology developments are revolutionizing the ways in which movies can be made. The use of crowdsourcing to make indie movies is a possibility that has not yet been explored fully, although the use of crowdsourcing to raise money for artistic works is growing. Crowdsourcing can be used for every step of making a movie, increasing the range of collaboration available to creators and reducing capital requirements. The article uses a fictional account of a team of young moviemakers to explain how they can use crowdsourcing for each step of making their …

Cut In Tiny Pieces: Ensuring That Fragmented Ownership Does Not Chill Creativity, Henry H. Perritt Jr.

Henry H. Perritt, Jr.

The market for video entertainment is growing and becoming more diverse as technology reduces barriers to entry for small, independent moviemakers and distributors and increases consumers’ ability to access the media of their choice. The growing complexity of the market, however, increases transaction costs for new entrants who must obtain licenses to copyrighted music, characters, storylines, or scenes that they incorporate into their movies. The entertainment bonanza offered by new technologies may not be realized in practice because of market failure. The purposes of the Copyright and Patents Clause are frustrated because creators of new works wishing to use new …

False Alarm? (With Margaret G. Stewart), Henry H. Perritt

Henry H. Perritt, Jr.

No abstract provided.

Computer Crimes Now On The Books: What Do We Do From Here? (Symposium), Henry H. Perritt

Henry H. Perritt, Jr.

No abstract provided.

The Electronic Agency And The Traditional Paradigms Of Administrative Law, Henry H. Perritt

Henry H. Perritt, Jr.

No abstract provided.