Immediately after posting my previous post about copyright infringement in music, I came across This great article on my feedly reader. In it, it continues the discussion of copyright in regards to the music industry.
Another case of questionable copyright infringement is shown in the mash up of these two songs which is made to compare the commonalities between the two. Now, copyright is a huge topic that could easily cover a whole course. Copyright is supposed to be a way to protect original audio, visuals, thoughts etc. However things such as fair use are where copyright becomes fairly confusing, especially in the music business. Sure you can use a little bit of the idea, some of it, not a lot of it but maybe a little bit is OK, the question is where do you draw the line? As a student who has been writing essays for years copyright is something that I have been avoiding for quite some time. Unfortunately with the internet amalgamating everyone’s ideas into one place this has created an issue. As I have previously mentioned in my blog I am beginning to feel that there is a finite number of original thought, or original guitar chords, or original drum beats, and this is where copyright can become a scary thing. I’m not cheating because I have borrowed from someone else’s thoughts, just because Sam Smith used similar guitar chords as Tom Pettys, or Pharrell has used similar drum beats as Marvin Gaye, should these new artists be responsible for searching out the entire history of music to give credit to someone who may or may not of helped them create their own sound? If this was the case it may be impossible to write an essay without a thousand references. As far as how this affects me being a better digital citizen it worries me. Copyright can be a scary thing.
After using Animoto I was slightly concerned because of the template that is set up and that I selected, sure I added a couple of photos, and a few words, but the whole background of the slideshow was not my original content. If I post this online is that copyright infringement? That would be a shame because in my exploration of the slideshow tool Animoto I noticed how easy it was to look professional. I simply added a couple pictures to a predetermined style of background and the webpage did the rest of the work for me. These tools are so useful in my educational activities because it makes it look like I spent way more time than I actually did developing the slides! These creative knowledge expression tools are different from other collaborative/communication tools I have explored because of the output of information. The webpage is very simple to use and gives off such a professional look at the end. With the combination of Animoto and Google Docs a group could create a slideshow in twenty minutes that would look like they spent a whole week to put together. This is definitely going to get added to my PLE for future presentation.
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