Cherylee,
Wk 1 - Reading Blog - Copyright Issues
So, as we well know… Copyright law, media history, and file
sharing are some of my favorite topics. I finally finished all of my
required “readings” and am ready to respond. First, I find it interesting
that some of my all time favorites are not included. I have embedded them
below for your personal viewing. However, I did find little interesting
jewels to reflect upon in the new stuff.
The Pirate Bay -
Official Logo
I appreciated the differentiating between Intellectual property,
Patent Law, Copyright law and Trademark. It was an area that I was
unaware of. Secondly, I found it interesting that the next “battleground”
is in the Re-mix. Really? I find that not nearly important as File
Sharing in the war of intellectual property. As seen in Good Copy, Bad
Copy, many countries readily accept sampling, remixing, and even blatant film
piracy, yet they have managed to change the business models to still make
money.
A very interesting example was the Brazilian Techno Brega.
The model was an exactly flip from our system. In Brazil, concerts are
the main moneymaker and CDs are simply an advertisement. In the US,
concerts are used to promote the CDS.
The example of the Pixie’s and Techno Brega concerts being
recorded live and sold upon leaving the concert. I have been in the movie
industry for years and this is exactly what I proposed for the film
industry. Sell the DVD at the movie theatre. I was told that no one
would want to buy the movie they just saw for full price… I beg to
differ. I feel it is the perfect time. The audience is hyped and
wants a permanent memory to take home. Brazil is making it happen
I also found it interesting that Weird Al Yankovic’s music video
footage, “Don’t Download this Song” was used in the film. However, it was
not credited.
PART 2 – Fair Use
There was some interesting information about Creative
Commons. My favorite quote was, “People like to pay the artists.
People don’t like paying corporations.”
All in all, I was left with a few questions…
As far as Full Sail’s EMDT Program:
What about past activities that I may have already violated
copyright law?
I thought Fair Use covered me and now I realize that Fair Use is
a process…. That I didn’t go through. Poor Dr. Reo must be cringing at my
Storm trooper comic.
Regarding Piracy in General:
Question One: If the content can’t be bought, is it fair
game to share?
Example: The Eyes on the Prize Documentary and others shown in
the clip.
Question Two: If an American film is uploaded somewhere in
the world, the link is shared by Sweden, is downloaded by someone in Mexico,
and sold to an American tourist… Who is the criminal?
Question Three: If I post a link to stolen material, am I
guilty? (See Below)
Question Four: Who is anonymous? Really...
I
leave you with some additional resources and a quote from Dan Glickman from the
MPAA. “We will never stop piracy – We just need to make it very
difficult.”
My response:
Cherylee,
I
enjoyed your blog posts regarding the reading for this week. Your perspective
was very engaging and informative. I like the questions you posed as well. The
question you asked about sharing being fair use? I agree with you, with that
question. It seems like the more money someone has, the more likely to access
any copyrighted works.
You did a great job expressing how you perceived the
readings.
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