Copyright Alliance's Podcast

Rutgers filmmaking professor Dena Seidel explains how the restrictions imposed by copyright protection promote new collaborate and creative relationships.

Creative Works: Dena Seidel

Jul 30th, 2015 4m 53s

Rutgers filmmaking professor Dena Seidel discusses her latest film, Antarctic Edge: 70 Degrees South, and explains why building trusting relationships and mutual respect is paramount to great narrative filmmaking.

Creative Works: David Cote

Jul 28th, 2015 3m 28s

David Cote, theater critic for Time Out New York, explains his writing process and why reviews are an important part of experiencing art and culture.

Creative Works: Ross Shain

Jun 9th, 2015 4m 8s

Visual effects artist and software developer Ross Shain talks about his Academy Award winning software, Mocha, a leading application for rotoscoping and planar tracking.

Jun 4th, 2015 53s

Software developer Ross Shain explains why it is important to pay for software just as anyone would pay for any tool that makes professional work easier.

Creative Works: Kevin McMahon

Jun 2nd, 2015 4m 45s

Music producer Kevin McMahon talks about the role he plays to both protect and direct artists in the production of an album that achieves their vision.

Freedom

May 5th, 2015 2m 26s

This video mission statement for The Copyright Alliance explains why copyright is central to freedom.

Creative Works: Dan Mirvish: Indie Filmmaking

Apr 7th, 2015 4m 53s

Filmmaker Dan Mirvish discusses independent film production, explaining some of the logic that drives budget decisions.

Creative Works: Dan Mirvish: Slamdance

Apr 2nd, 2015 3m 57s

Filmmaker and co-founder of Slamdance Film Festival Dan Mirvish explains how the festival began and the evolving relationship with Sundance.

Creative Works: Jordan Roberts

Mar 31st, 2015 5m 55s

Screenwriter & Filmmaker Jordan Roberts describes the process of self-financing his indie film “3,2,1 Frankie Go Boom” and the effect of piracy on future investment.

Creative Works: Pilar Alessandra

Mar 5th, 2015 4m 43s

Pilar Alessandra discusses her job helping screenwriters perfect their scripts and explains how pride and a sense of ownership over their work pushes writers to create original and entertaining stories.

Creative Works: Brian Lerch

Mar 3rd, 2015 3m 25s

Brian Lerch, Head of Post Production at Rock Shrimp Productions, talks about the process and skills required to finish some of the most popular culinary shows on TV.

Creative Works: Jordu Schell

Feb 24th, 2015 4m 54s

Monster maker Jordu Schell describes his journey to becoming an artist, beginning with his childhood fascination with sci-fi, horror, and fantasy films of the 1970s. He talks about his creative process and collaborating with film directors.

Feb 19th, 2015 1m 5s

Photographer and director Michael Grecco offers caveats about putting work on social media sites such as Facebook and Instagram.

Feb 17th, 2015 1m 19s

Photographer and director Michael Grecco tell us about how learned about copyright "the hard way."

Feb 12th, 2015 1m 17s

Photographer and director Michael Grecco debunks the fallacy that the money paid for an artist’s work never goes to the artist.

Feb 10th, 2015 1m 9s

Filmmaker Ellen Seidler shares some insights about how to prevent the viral spread of pirated content.

Feb 5th, 2015 56s

Filmmaker Ellen Seidler says sharing is not caring. There is an entire black market that thrives on stealing artists’ work.

Perspectives: David Price

Feb 3rd, 2015 6m 32s

David Price, Director of Piracy & Counterfeit Analysis at NetNames, discusses his new report "Behind the Cyberlocker Door," published in collaboration with Digital Citizens Alliance. Price discusses the profitability from hosting infringing ma

Jan 29th, 2015 1m 30s

Monster maker Jordu Schell explains how he has dealt with plagiarists.

Jan 27th, 2015 1m 31s

Monster maker Jordu Schell urges aspiring artists to rely on their own imaginations rather than other people’s work.

Creative Works: David Parker

Jan 13th, 2015 3m 13s

Choreographer and co-founder of dance company The Bang Group, David Parker talks about the art of using rhythm to communicate, and he describes the inspiration behind one of his most well-known dance pieces in which he and his partner wear Velc

CA Connects with Siggy Ferstl

Jan 8th, 2015 1m 56s

Hosted by the Creative Rights Caucus of the U.S. Congress, the event "Beyond the Red Carpet" in Washington, D.C. showcased the work of craftspeople working behind the scenes in TV and motion picture production. In this interview, the Copyright