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With technology evolving at lightning speed, so are the ways we can legally consume creative content. With technology evolving at lightning speed, so are the ways we can legally consume creative content. Today, a roster of highly regarded film industry veterans gathered at SXSW for a “Meet the Game Changers”... Read more
The Horizon Award was created to celebrate and provide mentorship opportunities for talented, up-and-coming female filmmakers. The Horizon Award was created to celebrate and provide mentorship opportunities for talented, up-and-coming female filmmakers. At the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, the inaugural Horizon Award was presented to Verónica Ortiz-Calderón. Ortiz-Calderón, a Syracuse... Read more
Taking the profit out of piracy is an issue all creatives should embrace, regardless of partisan differences – whether conservative, liberal, or in between. By Ruth Vitale I am a political liberal. Grover Norquist and Carly Fiorina are political conservatives. If we were to sit down and look for common... Read more
On February 10, the Trustworthy Accountability Group announced the launch of a new program to help advertisers keep their ads off illegal pirate websites. For the last year, CreativeFuture has been closely following the progress of advertising industry efforts to bring greater accountability to the advertising ecosystem, including doing more... Read more
At the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, CreativeFuture and HP partner on a series of panels, reflecting a shared commitment to technology that empowers artists. PARK CITY – It’s been a busy week for CreativeFuture at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. CreativeFuture partnered with HP on a series of panels and... Read more
A new, animated trailer outlines the cultural and economic benefits of creativity, the harm caused by piracy, and how creatives can be part of the solution. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 24, 2015 PARK CITY, UTAH – Today at the Sundance Film Festival, CreativeFuture premiered a new animated video trailer called... Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 12, 2015 LOS ANGELES – More than 100 members of the creative community have signed a letter to U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) thanking him for his leadership in urging the credit card industry to implement voluntary steps that can prevent their services from being misused... Read more
By Ruth Vitale It looks like Google’s propaganda machine is set on autocomplete – and keeps delivering the wrong answer. Just about every time the conversation turns to reducing piracy, Google and its shills go into the wolf cry of SOPA. (See Google lawyer Marvin Ammori’s absurd article in Slate... Read more
By Ruth Vitale It’s a frequently asked question when I am speaking at conferences, universities, and film festivals: Why is it so hard to find legal content? I hear it from creative professionals who have come across websites they cannot be sure are legal, parents who want their kids to... Read more
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By CreativeFuture “Matt Mason must have a guilty conscience,” CreativeFuture Executive Director Ruth Vitale wrote today in a Billboard Magazine op-ed, while challenging BitTorrent to use some of its technical know-how to combat the misuse of its protocol for piracy. Last week, Mason made the laughable claim that his company... Read more