(Creative Commons: Seth Anderson @ http://search.creativecommons.org/?q=law)
J. Timothy Krusko:
Has the Internet created a Woodstock copyright event? Civil disobedience? Evolving battle of youth versus establishment? Are the illegal users of copyright material the new proletariat? Can we really trust anyone that doesn’t own a computer? See Mass Law Blog – Copyright for some enlightening legal opinions.
Copyright law, in my odd opinion, is a mind-altering drug. Experimentation, creation, and interpretation by average Internet users have caused an alarming number of lawsuits and headache inducing arguments. If your head wasn’t spinning (intentional reference to the movie The Exorcist) after this week of reading than you probably skipped some of the videos!
I have no idea what all this means, yet I find this discussion, fueled by litigation, to be fascinating. I have made volumes of family vacation videos using copyrighted music, but I never posted any of them on Facebook, YouTube, or any other social media platform. Even before entering EMDT I had an inner voice telling me that it was wrong to use another persons work. However, after viewing and reading the copyright assignment I see the strength of various issues and opinions. The blob of piracy, remix, and mashing will continue to roll because a vast portion of society is telling the world in a Bob Dylan 1960s way, “For the times they are a changin.”
Elizabeth Granberg:
There definitely was a lot of information to be consumed during this weeks reading. However, I was very thankful that it was done through videos. The movies and video clips definitely highlighted a lot of areas that I did not even know were included with copyright, fair use or with Creative Commons. With technology and creativity, I see how piracy and infringement will continue on for quite a long time. The law does need to change to embrace the creative world (in my opinion). There also needs to be more outlets for people to be creative and use their imaginations without getting the book thrown at them. Times are definitely changing and it is how we run with it that will matter. People will continue to create music or use pictures and text illegally because it costs too much to get permission and quite frankly, they might not be granted permission. And unfortunately in the end, it all boils down to money.
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