Glasswork artist and painter Steph Brady is our latest video addition to the Creators Across America series. Steph Brady taught herself glasswork and painting while living and working in rural Kansas (she believes she read every book available in the Liberal, Kansas, public library). She began with glass in 1976 and opened her first studio [...]

The Wall St Journal reports that new children’s book apps for the iPad utilize game-like interactivity to engage children of all ages. Animation and sound effects bring classic stories like “Alice in Wonderland” and “The Lorax” to life while also helping younger readers develop literacy skills. In Syn© is a regular update on innovation in the copyright community.

According to the New York Times, ESPN will begin streaming thousands of live sporting events through Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console later this year.  With interactive features like voice recognition chat and trivia, this new service will give consumers a more enhanced event experience. In Syn© is a regular update on innovation in the copyright community.

Dancer and actress and singer Natalie Neckyfarow is a triple threat performer who excelled as an artist in her native state of North Carolina. She is now making a go at it on the biggest stage there is, New York City. She’s our latest video addition to our Creators Across America series. A dancer since [...]

Recently I’ve shared my thesis that the 21st Century artist is in fact a “hybrid artist,” embracing the latest technologies while advancing ancient arts. I’ve also written how even though technology has made us all able to better tap our own creativity, artists stand apart as those who have chosen to pursue an art-committed life. [...]

You may remember our interview with death metal musicians and Middle Tennessee State University students Clint Gee and James Oliva, as well as an interview we did with one of MTSU’s IP professors, Ramona DeSalvo. While visiting MTSU’s Department of Recording Industry, the Copyright Alliance’s Lucinda Dugger was fortunate enough to be given an extensive [...]

An mindset entirely unfriendly to artists and creators has emerged in recent years that contains an argument and a conclusion: (1) Copyright doesn’t work in the digital age. (2) Thus, as much as we might pretend to disapprove, infringement is a reality and the resulting forfeiture of rights by artists and creators should be accepted. [...]

The new iPhone 4 is making news with with its advanced content capabilities. USA Today reports that a full Netflix and Guitar Hero experience can be streamed through an iPhone application later this fall. Netflix will offer HDTV quality movies while Guitar Hero will feature their classic games like Queen and Rolling Stones. In Syn© [...]

Congratulations to Denis Seguin, Nick Kalish, and Spencer Maybee, winners of a film contest in which their very short entries describe in direct and engrossing terms why copyright is important to them as individual creators. The Reel Challenge Contest was sponsored by the Canadian Film Centre (CFC), the Copyright Collective of Canada (CCC), and the [...]

Today’s profiled creator not only produces the written word but he sells it as well, and is the latest addition to the Copyright Alliance’s Creators Across America video series. Mike Stickney manages Park Hill Community Bookstore in Denver, Colorado, a bookstore founded a few decades ago by, as Mike says, “women in the community who [...]