Programs/Content
Lawsuit alleges copyright infringement in ‘To the Contrary’ segment
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The dispute centers on content in a May 2013 report on international surrogacy.
Quick Takes
Wednesday roundup: Carolla settles podcast lawsuit; PBS Hawaii receives $2M grant
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Plus: Frankenstein M.D. launches, and the difficulties of regulating Elmos in Times Square.
Quick Takes
Monday roundup: PBS releases Peg + Cat album, AFI Docs to honor Gibney
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Plus: A libertarian op-ed calls on pubradio listeners to open their wallets, and Pacifica faces yet another lawsuit.
System/Policy
Who owns Open Air? CPR sues TPT over name
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Colorado Public Radio filed a trademark infringement and violation suit in federal court in Colorado earlier this month against Minnesota’s Twin Cities Public Television over the name Open Air.
Charlie Rose
Public media wrestles with legality of unpaid internships
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As managers grapple with how to cultivate young, diverse talent as public media leaders, questions of whether to compensate interns — and even what constitutes a legal internship — become more complicated.
Programs/Content
Author of Martha Speaks sues WGBH in dispute over ancillary revenues
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The author and illustrator of the book that inspired the PBS Kids series Martha Speaks is claiming that producing station WGBH owes her thousands in unpaid royalties after misleading her about ancillary revenues generated from the series.
Quick Takes
Electronic Frontier Foundation solicits help to battle podcasting lawsuit
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation is waging a public battle against Texas-based technology company Personal Audio over a pending patent lawsuit over podcasts, and now it’s taking the fight a step further.
Programs/Content
Company claiming patent infringement targets podcasters
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Personal Audio says it has a patent covering the technology used in podcasting. A representative for the company said no public broadcasters should have received contact from him, but that has not been the case.
Quick Takes
Judge denies New York City’s request for outtakes from Ken Burns’s Central Park Five
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More than five months after subpoenaing notes and outtakes from The Central Park Five, a crime documentary about the 1989 arrest and conviction of five innocent young men over the rape and assault of a jogger in Central Park, lawyers for New York City were rebuffed in their attempts to gain hold of the film’s unused footage for evidence in an ongoing federal lawsuit. The decision came on the evening of Feb. 19, as reported by the New York Times. Co-directed by Ken Burns, his daughter Sarah and longtime Burns producer David McMahon, based on extensive research from Sarah, the film was released in theaters in fall 2012 to critical acclaim and will air on PBS in April. The city had accused the filmmakers of biased reporting when it filed the Sept.