Today the main sponsor of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) bill announced it is being shelved. The bill had triggered fierce nationwide protests, website blackouts, and the pullback of Congressional support. Here’s a video series just from the past couple days of some of the most entertaining and informative videos on SOPA that are worth watching.

I interviewed Senior Counsel for Vimeo, Michael Cheah, who shares his thoughts about why The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Vimeo is running messages on January 18 th (today) highlighting the issue and will invite users to tell Congress to reject SOPA.

I interviewed the founder of the Blip.TV, Charles Hope, who shares his thoughts about why The Stop Online Piracy Act ( SOPA ) is extremely bad for online video platforms and their users, and explains what's really needed is not new laws, but better business innovation. My Interview With Blip.TV Founder, Charles Hope Charles, Blip now features a lot of original and professionally produced web video series, which is just the type of content most likely to be pirated.

I interview entertainment and new media attorney Gordon Firemark for a guide on two controversial bills in Congress and the top online video crisis of 2012 – the Protect IP Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which are threating to censor our free expression and remove our ability to do business with online video. My video interview with Gordon Firemark on SOPA and PIPA You can just watch my video interview with attorney Gordon Firemark below, or go right to the article and accompanying videos further below.

In our continued "Is That Legal" video series, I have entertainment law attorney and friend-of-ReelSEO, Gordon Firemark , answer a fan's question about making parody videos of professional wrestling for their own marketing activities.

In this finale segment on the Orabrush YouTube marketing story, I again interviewed Orabrush CMO Jeff Harmon to talk about how his company has managed to get legally-binding permissions for shooting people and locations featured in their YouTube videos, without it slowing down your production plans. (You can read Part 1 , Part 2 and Part 3 ). DISCLAIMER: The following video and article are meant for general information purposes only

I'm traveling out of town this weekend, so we're doing this week's look at the Reel Web a bit differently: we're doing it vlog style! I quickly look at a couple stories that stand out to me and share them with you guys in a slightly different format than normal. What do you think of it? Let me know in the comments below! Is Bill S.978 The End Of Fair Use On YouTube

Let’s face it. We all expect Justin Bieber to go to prison for some reason down the road, because almost every child who experiences success at such an early age tends to find trouble. Former child stars single-handedly created the E! Network back in the 90s, at least that’s my perception.

Treading water, sinking like a rock, there are all manner of swimming metaphors that could be applied to the last few months of Netflix’s life. Now, they are perhaps facing a whale of a task. They are ready to challenge the Video Privacy Protection Act and claim that part of it is unconstitutional.

This legal video question comes form Malia Leinau Meyers of Malia Professional Photography, out of Kailua, Hawaii, concerning the use of copyrighted music in her video montages of photography work. Here’s what you need to know about copyright infringement, getting proper permissions, an licensing terms – all why keeping costs down and staying legal! Click here to watch the video. I have a question about the legality of adding music to online slideshows