I just got off the phone with Tony Fox, whom you might remember as the gentleman who I wrote the letter to last night. He wanted to convey to the readers of No Fact Zone, and other fan blogs, that his words were misconstrued. According to Fox, the original intent of Fox’s interview with the Hollywood Reporter was to give a bit more clarification for an article about Hulu discontinuing the availability of Comedy Central programming through their site. Here’s the official statement from Tony Fox:
“The Hollywood Reporter story, and headline in particular, is completely wrong. We have always tried to be as permissive as possible when looking at what might be fair use, and we haven’t changed our approach at all. Frankly, fair use works for us. We have never made it a practice to sue bloggers for the use of Comedy Central clips, and there’s no reason to believe that would be more likely today.”
Fox also made it very clear to me that, as we operate today, Viacom was very accepting of our fair use of their materials, and they encourage organic fan activity. And they specifically appreciate the No Fact Zone community.
YAY!
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Whew! I figured we were safe, but it’s nice to be certain about it.
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Yay!
“…Viacom was very accepting of our fair use of their materials, and they encourage organic fan activity. And they specifically appreciate the No Fact Zone community.”
- I love that last sentence. :]
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Yay!! :D
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SAWEEEEEEEEET! :)
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:D
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good for you guys. keep up the good work
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Phew!! *wipes sweat off forehead*
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Congratulations, DB. Funny how your blogging “hobby” has resulted in more interpersonal contact with different industry VIPs than your job! :)
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Niice!
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Good to hear! Wonderful letter, DB. Perfect sentiment!
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::sigh of relief::
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I needed some good news. Thanks, & great letter.
recaptcha: suavest $190 (what Esteban Colbert pays his hair stylist?)
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(Warning: rant ahead)
I’m really pleased that worked out and you will still be able to embed clips here, but I have to say those comments about encouraging ‘organic fan activity’ and appreciating the community really ring hollow when you live in a country (Ireland) where all videos – Comedy Central, Hulu, full episodes, clips, whatever – are barred completely.
I have contributed to Comedy Central coffers through buying books, audiobooks and DVDs related to TCR, TDS and SWC, and have even travelled to New York for a taping, but I haven’t been able to watch the programme in months and so barely visit this or any other Colbert-related site anymore. It irritates me enormously to hear someone say they ‘encourage’ fan activity when they have basically made an entire continent of (income-generating) fans redundant! Raaaaage!
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