Copyright or the economic right of the author to reproduce copies of his/ her work is a prohibition to one’s creativity to reproduce or to create a derivative to the author’s work or ideas. It is a big issue nowadays especially that the Darknet (Biddle and colleagues, 2002) or file-sharing websites and other applications are now available on the Internet which gives an easy way for the audiences to just download the files online instead of buying the album in music stores.
I believe that no matter how strict the policies on copyright, the Internet still continues to serve as an avenue to express and to liberalize one’s self. Thanks to the Creative Commons for reserving not the entire right of the author and that only some can be protected by the law.
This video challenges any copyright that the videos used herein have and also on the song Born This Way by Lady Gaga.
I didn't realize there are a lot of versions of Born this way! haha If copyright laws will be strictly implemented on the internet, the web will be boring. There will no creative content (like this) to upload and download. I don't know, that's what I think. :)
ReplyDeleteCopyright is boring..The only reason I don't like it is because it curtails the creativity of people and the expression of oneself. For what? FOR PROFIT! sad! anyway I agree with marijoe the internet would be boring with copyright and all those laws. :( - JAMAY
ReplyDeleteCopyright should be limited. Lessig's Creative Commons is a great alternative. Copyright limits the great bank of data (a.k.a. the web), knowledge, and information that is supposed to be free flowing for anyone to access and build upon.
ReplyDeleteThere must be clear guidelines regarding copyright laws and freedom of access. I'm talking about world wide laws and guidelines since the web is global.
Whew. Fortunately, up until now, some people can still manage to upload their own renditions of various songs and music videos.
maybe that's what Youtube was created for. :D