While watching the Wk 1 Wimba Archive, I had trouble hearing the information clearly at times. This class is going to be jammed packed with getting us ready for month 12. It is getting down to the wire. This Wimba session was an introduction to the course.
The assignments due week by week was discussed. I looked over the syllabus and watched the pre-session videos, we have a lot to do in 4 weeks. It's overwhelming at first but I made it this far so I just have to get in an do the work. The course at a glance was very helpful to me because I love charts. I am super organized, almost OCD. Thanks Professor B! Due dates for this class are very important because this class determines whether we move on to month 12. I am looking forward to interacting and working through this course. Let's have fun and get things done.
Friday, March 30, 2012
Wk 1 Reading: Copyright Issues
To Copy or Not To Copy, That is the Question..................
Copyright is an issue that is baffling and frustrating to me. It can be viewed as something as simple as a picture or a song or a book. From my understanding some say copyright is not about use but more about permission. All the talk and information out there may confuse folks on copyright, "you can use it, you can't use it." That is enough to make your head hurt.
The GoodCopy/BadCopy documentary was interesting because it explored the different aspects of copyright. It touched on 'music' which is a constant battle today. There have been people who were fined millions of dollars for downloading music for FREE! I will admit, I fell for downloading FREE music and come to find out, I could have gotten in trouble for doing that. It will always be a battle.
Piracy has become an interesting issue too. People get arrested at our local flea markets for selling DVD and CD copies.
Copyright is an issue that is baffling and frustrating to me. It can be viewed as something as simple as a picture or a song or a book. From my understanding some say copyright is not about use but more about permission. All the talk and information out there may confuse folks on copyright, "you can use it, you can't use it." That is enough to make your head hurt.
The GoodCopy/BadCopy documentary was interesting because it explored the different aspects of copyright. It touched on 'music' which is a constant battle today. There have been people who were fined millions of dollars for downloading music for FREE! I will admit, I fell for downloading FREE music and come to find out, I could have gotten in trouble for doing that. It will always be a battle.
Piracy has become an interesting issue too. People get arrested at our local flea markets for selling DVD and CD copies.
Can you miss this message when you pop in a dvd? I have seen it so much that I can recite what it says.
In one of the Creative Commons videos, a man ask the question, "what is a shared culture mean if you can't share it?' That is the question of a lifetime. Creative Commons came along and allows us to share things but there are restrictions of course. Good ole' "attribution," meaning just give the creator or author the credit.
Sources
Blip.tv video: Good Copy, Bad Copy Directed by ANDREAS JOHNSEN, RALF CHRISTENSEN, HENRIK MOLTKE (http://www.goodcopybadcopy.net/), http://www.blip.tv/file/359180/retrieved on 6/8/2009
Blip.TV video: A Shared Culture produced by CreativeCommons.org, retrieved from http://blip.tv/file/1192356/ on 01/13/2011
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