Notes from today, and reading & blogging assignments for Monday 9/30

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Today we discussed copyright and fair use, especially the four factors that guide educational fair use (remember, there is no fair use law — only guidelines). Slides from today are available here.

On Monday, September 30, we will discuss privacy, its changing definitions, and the challenges presented by digital networked media. Please read the following:
Marshall, P. Online privacy. CQ Researcher, 19, 933-956.
Wu, Why Monopolies Make Spying Easier, The New Yorker, 18 June 2013.

Your blogging assignment is one comment on one blog post written by a classmate (NOT written by me!), or two comments on two different posts totaling 100 words. You can comment on a recent post or a post from earlier in the semester. Refer to the blogging guidelines or ask me if you have questions.

Discussion Facilitators: Sara, Livanesa, Moe

~Prof. Leonard

 

Copyright…my right to copy!

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Grey discusses copyright laws and the latest advancement in copyright infringement.  He notes that while laws are becoming stricter,  the means to ascertain copyrighted material hasn’t. This poses a highly confusing , albeit interesting, argument in the ethics and morals of technology usage.

Everyone needs food and shelter as it is a basic human necessity. In order provide for ones self, money becomes the most invaluable commodity;  especially in a city where the price for a one bedroom apartment in South Bronx can buy you a three bedroom house in southern states. This begs the question; “Is it really a serious crime to copyright infringe?” In latent terms, its something virtually everyone does. I’m not advocating for breaking whatsoever laws. However, it being such a massively committed act, is it really justifiable to send people to prison for years (CEO of Mega Upload) for something 10 year old Billy does in his spare time?

Copyright. The broken system.

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Copyright is the owners/creators rights to material they have created. It’s meant to protect a person’s intellectual property from others use. Others would have to ask/get legal use of a copyright. Often times, they’re are royalties and other payments made to use copyrights. It sounds like a pretty good way to protect your copyright material. The copyright system is far from perfect. Since obtaining copyrights often times require monetary compensation, there is room for abuse of the system. Material that seems similar can receive legal repercussions. A lot this controversy happens in the music industry. Copyright owners charge an absurd amount of money for the use of their songs. In particular, the song, “Happy birthday,” requires a large amount of money just to be able to sing it in like a television show. If the copyright royalties is not paid, the company that owns the copyright to it will sue. Copyright in theory is a great idea that protects many people’s intellectual property, but the system could be better to prevent future lawsuits.

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Since the 1700s copyright laws have exsisted. Grey also speaks about how the laws have became stricter and more longer, lasting even until the creator passes away.  The question is does these laws restrict us from naturally and freely being creative, are the laws “choking” our creativeness. Lessing passionately speaks about, copyright laws suffocating our thoughts,  and most importantly effecting our future thinkers, our children. Disney and other corporations are protected by these copyright laws. After watching Faden’s production,  I researched Disney and copyrights on Wikipedia. The  Copyright Term Extension Act was lobbied by Disney so much it was nicknamed, the Mickey Mouse Protection Act. Even educators and learners are feeling the effects of copyright laws because some teachers do not want to be sued. Center for Social Media’s document shows the collection of facts to take into account with fair use in the education system. All this leaves me to think, is our creative right being hindered?

 

Copyright = Copy it Right

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According to Grey’s video, copyright laws have been protecting the creator since 1710. Copyright is contract between author and the society, to not to copy and build it’s original. I’m not sure about all creator or author but the creator of Star Wars, George Lucas thought that his copyright to his movies were too short so it was extended. I think Grey is trying to ask if that is necessary. Only one who will benefit from long copyright is the corporate or company. Even some creative film maker comes with remake of Star Wars, it still wouldn’t damage its original. And i couldn’t agree more with this because last episode of Dexter was horrible and someone should remake the last episode.

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Copy right

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Copyright is one of the main principles that should be followed.  It is a method that is used for us the, society,  to not take any author’s work and rebuild on it or copy it. Copyright is the best way to give credit to the author’s work. That way the author makes profit for what he or she created and does not loose that profit for as long as he lives, and even afterwards. Copyright comes from way back at the times when media was exposing what authors had to show about there work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good artists copy, great artists steal 9/25

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Lessig’s words “the tools of creativity have been democratized” struck a chord. It used to be that ideas were expressed solely from one person to another. Today, the overwhelming amount of UGC is amazing. However, he reminded us that the draconian copyright laws have made us into passive criminals. He captured a sentiment I never truly gave a thought. Youtube contains content that dangerously flirts with copyright infringement. Content made out of passion, and hopefully not motivated by financial gains. Fortunately, fair use guide lines do permit us some leg room. Despite this, many people take more than the inch they’re given. Lessig addressed this extremism and argued against it. Slightly behind him was an image of Andy Warhol, thought provoking. However, all he did was just copy and paste. Nonetheless, he effectively expressed revolutionary ideas.

Copyright Laws: Sept 25th HW

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Copyright laws have been with us since 1710(O.o wow thats alot). Now in the video of “Copyright: Forever Less One Day” it explains the process of how copyright laws were established and extended for the authors who create magical and awesome creations for society’s wonderful imagination, even though the authors need to keep creating things so no one will remake any of their works unless the authors give them permission to do so(sucks to be them).

What i would like to know is, how does the copyright laws really work?

Is it only up to lifetime+70 years after your dead or do the authors keep it and no one can take their work and remake them?

Once given permission to remake, can you remake the whole work of the author or only some parts of their original work?

Copyright or copywrong? (Group Sept. 25th)

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Kimesha, Dimitri and Steve

According to the Grey video, copyright law dates back to the early 1710’s and gave authors control over who could make copies of their books or build on their work but for only a limited time. The law’s purpose is still the same but after many changes by congress, it lasts for lifetime of the author plus 70 years. Both Grey and Lessig agree that copyright is stifling creativity in that we are not allowed to recreate and remix using other people’s content. Lessig’s discussion of this was in relation to digital technologies since our generation is built on technology; it is how we communicate with one another. A defense of copyright is fair use. The idea of fair use depends of the nature, extent and economic aspect of the work being used. The Center for Social Media reading discusses fair use for educational purposes. How educators are allowed to use different media in teaching students and help them learn. This is demonstrated in Faden’s video. He edited different clips from Disney movies to explain how copyright works and what it entails.

What are some other examples of amateur culture that you have seen or created?

Should artists and creators allow their work to be available more freely?

Is there any copyrighted material that you think should not be copyrighted?

Do you have any suggestions on how to make copyright laws more understandable?

How would the absence of a copyright law affect creativity?

Copyrighting

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So how does one really know if they’re breaking the law by copyrighting? When do we know if we are copyrighting, The video “A Fair(y) Use Take” assigned to watch suggests that the law of copy writing is in a way extortion. Even if we use an idea that is copyrighted it is against the law and we would need permission to use that idea. From the video “Laws that Choke Creativity“, Lessig suggests that there is a fine line between piracy and copyrighting. When can we actually use material without asking for permission? When showing a video to the class, the source is usually YouTube, do teachers really need to ask YouTube for permission each time they’d like to show their class something? The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education help distinguish when it is reasonable to display others work by not taking credit and also when it is considered piracy.