Class #3 – April 22, 2009
Creators’ Rights in the Digital Age
Reading for this Class:
· Review selected articles on Google Books:
o http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/L5hOifz6VQu3Ux/Microsoft-Copyright Attorney-Bashes-Google-Books-Search.xhtml
o http://publishers.org/main/PressCenter/Archicves/2005_Aug/Aug_02.htm
o http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/153085/in_google_book_settlement_business_trumps_ideals.html (Settlement)
· Explore Columbia University Kernochan Center on Law and Media’s project www.keepyourcopyright.org
· Read article on approaches to music downloading:
o http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-music-roundup-starbucks-iphone-radiohead-fans-pricing-bebo-atlantic-imeb
· Look at Creative Commons:
o www.creativecommons.org
o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/creative_commons_licenses
o www.techradar.com/news/internet/web/the-case-for-and-against-creative-commons-527697
o www.lessig.org/blog/2007/09/on_the_texas_suit_against_virg.html
After reading the various sites regarding Creative Commons, post to the blog your opinion of Creative Commons. Do you think it is a good approach? What problems do you see with it? Or, instead feel free to comment on other specific issues or respond to other commentary or articles you find on the Internet regarding Creative Commons.
Also, please post to the blog one link to an interesting site or article involving Creative Commons that will add to our collective understanding.
Class Discussion:
· Explore and Discuss Artist Views and Issues, legally, economically and socially
· Google Books; keepyourcopyright.org; Radiohead, and other innovations
· Discuss Creative Commons and other approaches to providing alternatives to creators and consumers
· Spend time on Stakeholder Team assignments
Next Assignment:
· Post your short thoughts – individually – on Viacom v Google, content on the internet, or related topics – by April 28
· Readings for following week (April 29) to be posted next week.
· Further development of Stakeholder presentations – Final Presentations Must be Posted on Class Blog by end of Day on May 11, (<8 pages or equivalent from each of the five groups), and Presentations in Class on May 13th.
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I also believe that Creative Commons is a great approach. It would "promote the progress of science and useful arts" because one who does not have the skill to create an art from scratch could be really creative if he/she has a base to start with.
ReplyDeleteThe downside of this would be that there are people who are not following the rules. One could agree to the terms and upload it when it is not their copyrighted work.
I found a YouTube blog that would link YouTube and Creative Commons.
http://www.youtube.com/blog?entry=Mp1pWVLh3_Y
I agree with the position of Indian journalist Frederick Noronha, cited in “The case for and against Creative Commons” news, in that Creative Commons is “conservative and too respectful of copyright issues”. Copyright has not worked and still does not work for many countries in the world, especially developing. CC is not meant to serve the interest of the people of those parts of the globe that are not ahead in the information race, as US. To appreciate the idea of CC a country has to have a developed copyright system that works and is enforced, for the start. I checked the information on CC movement in Belarus and Russia and could not find a lot of information or working website for this initiative.
ReplyDeleteFirst CC Russia Roundtable in September 2008 and proposal for next steps:
http://www.ifap.ru/pr/2008/n081101a.pdf