Lets start with a simple question:
Question 1: What is Copyright?
Copyright is the entitlement and the "hands off! That's mine!" legal rule to a created a product (or a painting, song, film, fiction, etc) and gives the creators claim their way of right that it belongs to them. They control it. Without it, people could just take the original creators work and claim it as their own!
For example, I decide to draw a picture of a face and say that "this is mine." and would sell it for a small fee (not like I'd be able to sell a stupid line-drawn face! Just making a point.) This basicallly means that I am selling my own ideas for other people to use.
Now lets say one day, a customer looks at the picture and buys it, then a few days later, the same guy who bought that picture would resell it and claim that he made it. This would mean that he is stealing other peoples work but no one would know, except for me, because I had made it in the first place and that would make me pretty livid!
This is why Copyright has been in place: to prevent others changing the identifcation of its creator.
Question 2: What are the 3 moral rights?
The 3 moral rights are
- The right of Attribution
- The right of Integrety
- False Attribution
The Right of Attribution
The Right of Attribution pretty much covers the Question 1s example: the usages of materials made by the original creator but what this means that any materials that have been purchased from the original creator can be used by the person that bought it but can't claim illegal ownership and as such, have to give credit to the creator. For example, the song Rooftops by Lostprophets can be cover by other people but the are not allowed to say it's their song.
Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast) [Lostprophets original]
Rooftops [Lostprophets Electric Guitar cover]
The Right of Integrity
The Right of Integrity refers to the modification side of copyright. Some materials are often changed or altered by other people. This can sometimes lead to problems as some of these people tend to claim these altered materials as their own but there are a good handful of people who will ask permission to use and may edit them for other purposes. For example, advertisers tend to use currently reseased song and may alter them so they fit the advert (with permission, of course!)
False Attribution
False Attribution is a bit like the opposite of Right of Attribution with a mix of Right of Integrity (plus a dash of salt for taste... some recipe!): This is basically copyrighted material that may have been altered or changed and then say it belongs to the creator of the original material, which to some degree goes along the lines of fraud.
As I am a student of Interactive Media, the real question for me is...
Question 3: How might copyright affect you and your work with interactive media?
Well, we are pretty living in a world where huge companies are creating expensive materials for computers, yet there are people out there who find ways of downloading it for free and this can definatly have a huge effect on the companies that spend thousands, if not, millions of £s (I'm British, so meh!) making these materials and will eventually lead to bankruptcy (spl?) if something is not resolved.
Question 4: Do you think illegal downloading is morally right or wrong? Justify your position.
I'm not sure to be honest, I think it depends on what you decide to download. I can't say it's morally right because a lot of software is very expensive to buy (e.g. adobe programs are from £200 - £1000) and for somebody to download it for free would be wrong, but at the same time, I can't say it's morally wrong either because the World Wide Web was sort of made for that purpose once it had become a part of society. I used to download songs for free at one point but I decided to stop (only because I didn't want to risk losing the internet at home...) Given the choice I'd rather buy stuff, if it's not too expensive.
Question 5: What does the Creative Commons do?
When Copyright was established as a legal obligation, it has become a hassel to people who want to use materials by the original creators. For example a person finds a song they really like and wants to remix it so it sounds different. He or she does this and later gets prosecuted for illegal use of material. This is where Creative Commons comes in: Creative Commons is a site that lets people create their own imagination and lets them share their creativity with other people and given on what kind of rules the original creator has set, anyone is free to reuse, remix and redesign.
Here is a video on what this means...
Question 6: Give your opinion on the way that total freedom from copyright might affect our culture. (not really a question, but hey!)
Well the only thing I can think about for my opinion on total freedom from copyright that it'd be great idea because we wouldn't have to worry about using other peoples materials but the thing that spoils it is the face that there are a lot of corrupt people out there that will abuse it. There would be people taking credit for other poeples creative work and thats one of many reasons why we need to have some form of rule to prevent this. And that's all I can say really.
Edit: This is ment to be a part of the Assignment brief so I'm gonna add it into the blog...
Ethics of Privacy
What is Privacy?
Privacy is mainly known as a form of someone wanting or need of spending some of their personal time and space on how and what way they want. Some people say that privacy is given right those who want or need it the most whereas others say that privacy must be earned through trust but all of this depends on what someone decides to do with their privacy.
There are a variety issues regarding privacy as most people (mostly those who work or have worked in the media) who completely ignore other peoples right of privacy just to find out what they are up to. Here is an example of what kind of issues privacy tends to have:
· A Canadian funeral home obtained the names and addresses of people diagnosed with cancer, and contacted a Montreal woman on the list about buying a burial plot and pre-paid funeral services.
There are also many arguments on whether rights to privacy are right or wrong. The arguments that suggest the rights of privacy are right pretty much say that it’s better to have them because some people need or like to have their own space. This could also include someones personal belongings or private space or area where they like to be. The arguments that suggest the wrongs of privacy are pretty much saying that some people don’t trust others or that they would like to know what is going on in the world, mainly about stars or celebrities. The reason for this is because some celebrities don’t like to share their personal stories with the world.
When it comes down to arguing on whether privacy is right or wrong, I believe that the right of privacy is right because I believe everybody should have their entitlement to privacy. Despite the arguments, peoples privacy rights shouldn’t be weighed against those who support the freedom of information because it is up to the people who decide whether or not the personal life information should be controlled.
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