Posts Tagged ‘ Comedy Central ’

Comedy Central and AtomFilms Team Up for Internet Video Competition

May 17th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Citizen Media, Digital Video Downloads, Video

Comedy Central and AtomFilms have announced the second annual online video competition, Comedy Central Test Pilots, this summer. Test Pilots will give viewers the chance to create their own short form comedy pilots, with the best being voted on by viewers at Comedy Central.
The winning pilot will earn its creator $5,000 and a chance for [...]



EFF Sues Viacom To Protect Fair Use, Stop The Falsiness

Mar 25th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Citizen Media, Podcasting Law, Video, Video Podcasts, Vlogs

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is fighting to protect the free speech rights of MoveOn.org Civic Action and Brave New Films after their parody of The Colbert Report was removed from YouTube because of a copyright complaint from media giant Viacom.
Viacom recently asked YouTube to remove 100,000 video clips from Viacom-owned properties, including MTV Networks [...]