@Helen
I came across your response to Sheri’s post about copyright
and your comment about the current and future generations stood out to me. It’s
so very true that the knowledge, skill set and creativity are overflowing. With
internet, Smartphones, and the abundance of creative technology tools
available, it seems these current and future generations have a lot more
inspiring material to create from but also a lot more red tape when it comes to
Fair Use and copyright. Like you and Sheri mentioned, I too, have so many
questions running through my head as to how these issues will play out in the
years to come.
Thanks for sharing!
Sabrina
ORIGINAL POST:
One
of the ideas that stands out to me during Larry Lessig’s Talk about
Remix Culture is that we live in an ‘Age of Prohibitions” where we live
life ‘against the law. ‘ He discussed the message we send our children by pushing the remix of our culture underground. The use of digital media created by or culture has changed the way we view ourselves and copyright issues. The biggest problem is the mixed messages in our society. A
good example is the remixing of famous music by Girl Talk and the
Techno Bregga movement discussed in the movie, “Good Copy/Bad Copy.” How much of an original work can be reproduced and considered original? Previously, I would have guessed that both examples would be a clear copyright violation. However, the albums are released and sold for profit affecting the commercialization of the product. It could be considered a positive benefit or free publicity but who decides? Even though it only a small amount of the original music that is recreated, the original artist is clearly identified. There are no predefined terms of time limit and copyright varies by county. I whole-heartedly believe an artist has the right to his creation. Does this include the corporation who represents the artist? Who has the right to make this decision? I believe we are on the verge of a revolution in the copyright industry. When the young people of this generation become the leaders of our country there will most definitely be changes.
-TED Talk video: ReMix Culture by Larry Lessig, retrieved fromhttp://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/187 on 8/3/11
-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 8/1/2011
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COMMENT:
Sheri,
What
strong comments but I whole heartedly agree with you. I believe that we
are in a verge of a revolution too. Our students, children, and society
needs to know and be more knowledgeable....and living life against the
law...I LOVE that you had included this!! I think because this was shown
in the first few videos I had forgotten how strong that comment was
within the bounds of what we are learning about. The current and future
generation of learners and leaders have such a strong foundation and set
of creative skills that their lives are just going to explode with
what the world has to offer to them. It is really scary to think that
there are these copyright laws and not everyone is clearly aware of them
and how many illegal things are going onto YouTube as we speak. And who
has the right to say that copyright laws are being disrupted when one
is to use the work outside of the United States....other countries have
their own laws and do not follow by our terms of United States copyright
laws. I really liked how you had so many questions within your comment
as well because I had SO MANY thoughts and questions fly through my head
as I watched these videos and tutorials making us better aware of these
laws that are out there in our world. Thanks Sheri!
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