Kenya Allmond (me)

Many are no doubt wondering why I watermark many of the photos I post online. The most obvious reason is that I want to generate traffic for my blogs and other websites. However, this is not the only reason. Almost all of my photos on Flickr (except those with people) have a Creative Commons License [...]

I’ve been trying to find the facts in the case of Capitol Records, et. al. vs. Jammie Thomas where Thomas was found guilty of distributing copyrighted songs and ordered to pay a fine of $222,000 ($9,250 for each of the 24 songs involved in the case). From what I have gathered, Thomas ripped her own [...]

Last week I heard in the news that Prince was cracking down on YouTube and eBay for not protecting his copyrights. What I am reading in the news is that he is removing grainy videos of his concert in the UK as well as pirated music and videos. There has been no mention of the [...]

I think I found out who “The Music Publisher” is. Could it by chance be the National Music Publisher’s Association? From their site: Founded in 1917, the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) is a trade association representing more than 600 American music publishers. The NMPA’s mandate is to protect and advance the interests of music [...]

Yesterday I received a lovely notice from YouTube indicating that one of my videos was removed due to copyright infringement. The notice also stated that repeat incidents of copyright infringement would result in deletion of my account and all the videos uploaded to said account. What was the video? Did I record something from TV [...]