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25 Aug 2010 NAMACAdmin

Engaging with Net Neutrality

Author: 
Rachel Allen

 In the wake of Google-Verizon’s joint policy proposal, people are taking the battle of net neutrality to the streets in a way I haven’t seen before.

29 Jul 2010 NAMACAdmin

USC Intellectual Property & Technology Law Clinic Wins Copyright Law Exemption on Behalf of Filmmaker

Author: 
USC Law News Service
A team of USC Law students from the USC Intellectual Property and Technology Clinic has helped secure an exemption that will allow documentary filmmakers to use material contained on DVDs and other sources that were previously off limits.
15 Apr 2010 NAMACAdmin

WPA, Where Art Thou?

Author: 
Arlene Goldbard
Last month, Representative George Miller introduced the "Local Jobs for America Act," H. R. 4812, much-needed legislation "To provide funds to States, units of general local government, and community-based organizations to save and create local jobs through the retention, restoration, or expansion of services needed by local communities, and for other purposes."
19 Jan 2010 carlo

NAMAC Helps Highlight the Importance of an Open Internet

Author: 
Carlo Pilgrim

On January 14, 2010, the National Alliance of Media Arts and Culture was one of thirteen independent creator organizations showing support for net neutrality in an FCC notice regarding the preservation of an Open Internet.  The comments submitted by the various organizations bear witness to the call for enforceable and lawful rules that can ensure equality to all creators on the Internet.  In a growing digital world, NAMAC wants to make sure every artist and creator has the opportunity to reach out to their potential audiences.

Co-signers include Future of Music Coalition, the Writers Guild of America and the American Music Center to name a few.

05 Nov 2009 NAMACAdmin

Dear FCC: No Special Favors to Hollywood!

Author: 
Chad Bergeron
The only thing stopping Hollywood from releasing movies to VOD earlier is… Hollywood. They could do it if they wanted to. There’s no law stopping them, there’s not technical limitation.

They’ve imposed an artificial limitation as a lever to get what they want. If there were actual serious demand for movies on VOD sooner, I seriously doubt Hollywood would leave the money lying on the table.
22 Sep 2009 Donna Choi

Why Net Neutrality is an Arts Advocacy Issue

Author: 
David Dombrosky
In the last decade, we have seen an explosion in the use of the Internet to create art, promote the arts, advocate for the arts, build community through the arts, and more.  Our sector’s ability to participate in the Web 2.0 cultural shift is due in large part to our ability to access any tool hosted on the Internet with the same ease as any other Web user. 
23 Jun 2009 Helen De Michiel

From Grassroots to Grasstops: NAMAC Advocates on the Hill

Author: 
Helen De Michiel
“We” are part of government now, and it is our responsibility to make sure our voices can have a once-in-a-generation chance to make a major impact. And for us, it is around what we know best: the arts and media culture.
23 Jun 2009 Jack Walsh

Charting a Common Arts + Media Movement for the Future

Author: 
Jack Walsh
I’ve been referring to the period between the November election and the Obama Inauguration as the “circle of confusion,” a film term describing a fuzzy area caused by the light rays not coming into perfect focus. Such was our post-election state.
23 Jun 2009 NAMACStaff

Simple Steps to Make Arts Advocacy A Daily Part of Your Work

Author: 
Jack Walsh & Helen De Michiel
Here are 7 simple steps to make arts advocacy a daily part of your work.
12 Jun 2009 Sara Jane Keskula

A Preview of NAMAC’s 2009 Conference

Over a year ago, when NAMAC chose Boston as the location for its 2009 biennial conference and chose “commonwealth” as its theme, nobody involved knew how important this convening would become.