"Our current culture is one in which creators get to create only with the permission of the powerful, or of creators from the past"
(Lessig, 2004)
Creative commons can be seen by most people as a solution to society but at the same time it can be a failure when dealing with copyright and authorship. Creative commons is a non-profit organisation which gives creators a simple way to grant copyright permissions to their creative work. The creative commons basically works so that it allows a creator to retain their copyright whilst allowing the public to certain uses of their work. This is possible because what the creative commons license does is it changes the copyright terms from "All rights reserved" to "some rights reserved" With this in place society becomes a 'shared culture' with free access to work for legal sharing, copying, repurposing and remixing. This for many people around the world sounds like a solution to a problem and opens up a whole new door of opportunities that were never possible before, however there are some failures to this fast growingcompany. (lessig,2004)
Whilst with creative commons it is free to share, copy, distribute and remix to the work, there are conditions and once these conditions are breached it can cause serious copyright problems. There are six major creative commons licenses. The conditions of legally attaining another's piece of work include, Attribution(work must be attributed in specified manner by the author or licensor),Non-commercial purposes(licensees may copy, distribute, display and perform the work and make derivative works based on it only for non-commercial purposes), No derivatives (allowing only the original work, with out derivatives) and share alike(allowing derivative works under the same or similar license).
Amajor problem which can occur in relation to creative commons is incorrect licensing. For instance with photo sharing web sites a user may accidently upload a copyrighted image and incorrectly give it a CC license. If other people using the site download the same image and re-use it, the original copyright holder can sue. An example where this can occur is a case in 2006 where CC license was first taken to court regarding a matter where a podcaster Adam Curry sued a dutch tabloid who published photos without permission from his flickr page. The CC non-commercial license was applied in this matter because the photos were licensed under it. The verdict concluded in this case that whilst the tabloid was guilty they avoided paying restitution to him under the condition he does not repeat the offence. An analysis of the decision states "The dutch court's decision is especially noteworthy because it confirms that the conditions of a CC license automatically apply to the content licensed under it and bind users of such content even without expressly agreeing to, or having knowledge of, the conditions of the license"
(Lessig, 2004)
By looking at Creative Commons from two perspectives, both as a solution and a failure it can be concluded that it can work for many people but only to a certain extent, as copyright laws can cause major issues.
Bibliography
http://www.free-culture.cc/
L.Lessig, The future of Ideas and Free Culture, http://www.the-future-of-ideas.com/
J Rosenoer, 1997, Cyberlaw: the law of the internet, http://books.google.com.au/books?hl=en&lr=&id=HlG2esMIm7kC&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=authorship+and+copyright+on+internet&ots=MItsjZZgfk&sig=VZ_RsC_u4juY92EQS6hS0gpueJU#v=onepage&q=authorship%20and%20copyright%20on%20internet&f=false
L lessig, 2004, free Culture, http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/free_culture.lawrence_lessig/landscape.a5.pdf
http://creativecommons.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons
J Dvorak, 2005, Creative commons license, http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/creative-commons-license-solution-looking-for-a-problem/
L Lessig 2004, http://www.slideshare.net/thecleversheep/creative-commons-what-every-educator-needs-to-know-presentation
Bollier, david, Viral Spiral, hhtp://www.creativecommon.org/weblog/entry/12448
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Overall evaluation of the course...
Ok the end has come to a near but what i mean is not the end of the world ofcourse...although that sand storm the other day made me question if it was (scary stuff!) The course is drawing to an end and the excitement of writing up these blogs every week will soon be but a memory...however i have to say i'm getting the hang of these it has become a natural habit. Anyways, i quite enjoyed the course as it was relevant dealing with new technology and media which is something i am very familiar with especially when it comes to social networking! I learnt many new things i never knew before and i have to admit i did come to this course with a big head thinking i knew everything there was to know about the internet but boy was i wrong! there is so much more to it and this course has opened my eyes up to many things. Take for example Creative Commons, i didn't even know that existed and now that's something i can use for future works of mine if i need to. It's good to know that not all material is 'All rights reserved' and that there are options out there without the trouble of any formal consent or illegal dramas. I feel ahead of the rest with all this new knowledge and deeper understanding of new communication technologies. I am now ready to take on the world of cyberspace like a real technological nerd.
I AM A SOCIAL MEDIA EXPERT!
I AM A SOCIAL MEDIA EXPERT!
Wk 9- Tute task
This wk's tutorial is really starting to prepare us for our essay which is due wk 12. The essay is 1000 words long and we have to choose 1 question to answer out of a possible 5. This was a tough one for me as i was tossing up between the one on creative commons or cyberspace. I came to a decision and chose creative commons because i quite liked that topic and thought it would be easier to collect sources for. The question is:
"Creative Commons is both a solution and yet another failure to deal with authorship and copyright on the internet. Discuss and give examples"
Now to start off i need at least 5 books or journal articles that will be useful in answering the topic and write 50 words about each one. The 50 words should answer the following:
-what is the key argument or information in this resource?
-Is the view or information the same as the other resources you have found?
-How does it contribute to your argument?
-Is there a key quote that describes the main point of the article?
So now all i have to do is get started and get searching!
"Creative Commons is both a solution and yet another failure to deal with authorship and copyright on the internet. Discuss and give examples"
Now to start off i need at least 5 books or journal articles that will be useful in answering the topic and write 50 words about each one. The 50 words should answer the following:
-what is the key argument or information in this resource?
-Is the view or information the same as the other resources you have found?
-How does it contribute to your argument?
-Is there a key quote that describes the main point of the article?
So now all i have to do is get started and get searching!
Wk 9-Lecture Summary
Okay, this week i was unable to make it to the tutorial unfortuantly which i was very disappointed about mainly due to the fact there was a guest speaker- Jason Nelson. Apparently it was one of the best lectures yet so i was even more disappointed. However i did ask a few epople who were at the lecture to explain to me what it was all about so i'm going to try and gie a decent summary of what i understand but keep in mind this is coming from a second hand listener.
The lecture was about Cyberutopia...mmm i heard that and got interested straight away and wanted to find out more. He talked about networking sites and i thought staright away okay this is something i've heard before...facebook, myspace, whats new? but then i started hearing names such as elftown and vampire rave and thought hold on, what are they? So i got on the sites, http://www.elftown.com/ & http://www.vampirerave.com/. I never knew such things existed. I guess that's because my life seems to revolve around facebook and twitter these days. I have to admit though i find them very weird and unorthodox but then again im sure many people out there use them just as much as facebook, twitter or myspace.
Apparently Jason also showed the class some of his digital poetry http://www.secrettechnology.com/ I had a look at his site and at first thought wow this looks interesting but it wasn't what i had in mind and i have to say, which part of it was poetic? Is there something i'm missing?...It's okay everyone has their ways of expressing poetry i guess. That's technology for you!
The lecture was about Cyberutopia...mmm i heard that and got interested straight away and wanted to find out more. He talked about networking sites and i thought staright away okay this is something i've heard before...facebook, myspace, whats new? but then i started hearing names such as elftown and vampire rave and thought hold on, what are they? So i got on the sites, http://www.elftown.com/ & http://www.vampirerave.com/. I never knew such things existed. I guess that's because my life seems to revolve around facebook and twitter these days. I have to admit though i find them very weird and unorthodox but then again im sure many people out there use them just as much as facebook, twitter or myspace.
Apparently Jason also showed the class some of his digital poetry http://www.secrettechnology.com/ I had a look at his site and at first thought wow this looks interesting but it wasn't what i had in mind and i have to say, which part of it was poetic? Is there something i'm missing?...It's okay everyone has their ways of expressing poetry i guess. That's technology for you!
Wk 8- Lecture summary
Okay so this week we actually had no lecture but i wish there was becuase it was all about "political Possibilities" , CyberPolitics and eDemocracy, which i must admit i feel worlds apart from the world of politics. Let's just say it's an area i prefer to not go near and just say "next please!". However, i guess it is a huge part of our society and our everyday lives and it's just one of those we have to know about because it affects everyday lives weather we are aware of it or not.
Okay so Cyberpolitics was a term i came across which means the politics of the internet that exists mainy on the net. It revolves around the actual structure and functions of the net which are decided by internet society through to political activities that happen on blogs, games and forums. eDemocracy on the otherhand is the internet's intervention and contribution to policts which exist in real world and off the internet. If you ask me they both sound very similar, actually when i first read it i thought they were exactly the sasme... however my basic concept and grasp of this at the moment is that Cyberpolitics is based ON the net and stays there and eDemocracy starts from the net but affects what goes on OFF the net. Hmmm...hope that made sense. eDemocracy can cover political campaigning on the internet to the people's use of new technologies to criticise governments.
A quick definition of Democracy. Although there is no ONE universal defintion there are many which date back to ancient greek times but put simply Democracy is a system of government in which either the actual governing is carried out by the people governed (direct democracy), or the power to do so is granted by them (representative democracy).
Okay so Cyberpolitics was a term i came across which means the politics of the internet that exists mainy on the net. It revolves around the actual structure and functions of the net which are decided by internet society through to political activities that happen on blogs, games and forums. eDemocracy on the otherhand is the internet's intervention and contribution to policts which exist in real world and off the internet. If you ask me they both sound very similar, actually when i first read it i thought they were exactly the sasme... however my basic concept and grasp of this at the moment is that Cyberpolitics is based ON the net and stays there and eDemocracy starts from the net but affects what goes on OFF the net. Hmmm...hope that made sense. eDemocracy can cover political campaigning on the internet to the people's use of new technologies to criticise governments.
A quick definition of Democracy. Although there is no ONE universal defintion there are many which date back to ancient greek times but put simply Democracy is a system of government in which either the actual governing is carried out by the people governed (direct democracy), or the power to do so is granted by them (representative democracy).
Wk 8-Tute task
Sign an E-Petition
Okay i've heard of these before and i'm sure i signed one sometime in the past but can't exactly remember what it was for. Im sure though whatever it was it was a good cause! So i searched for an online petition to stop dolphin slaughter in Japan because i just find that cruel and sad and it is just a bad of a crime as any other. http://www.greenpeace.org/international/ SAVE THE DOLPHINS!
Respond to a professional blogger at a major news site
So for this task i had to search for a professional blogger which i was surprised by because i was completely unaware that major news sites had blogs..not a bad idea i must say. I mean we do live in a democratic country. So i went on the CNN as it came to mind first as a major news site and i watched an interview with Barak Obama discussing how the economy probably won't produce enough jobs until 2010. Sad reality. Recession hit the world hard!
What is Barak Obama up to today?
Ok, so i checked this out on his twitter and he's apparently in the UN...how surprising, i think not.
Find out who your local, state and federal representatives are
State: Anna Bligh
Federal: Kevin Rudd
Local: Adrian Schrinner (representative for chandler ward)
Look up the Queensland or Australian hansard to find the last time your local member spoke in parliament
Okay so the last time Adrian Schrinner spoke in parliment was tuesday 27th of February 2009 and it was regarding the good neighbour clean-up scheme.
Read the lecture and the readings, pursue a couple of the topics that you find most interesting and then post your blog with your well-considered thoughts about the theory and practice of politics
Okay, so i have decided to talk about 'clean feed' as it is a topic which has been brought to my attention this week and one in which i strongly disagree about! Basically clean feed The Australian Federal Government's plan to force ISP's (Intenet Service Providers) to censor the internet for all Australians.This plan will waste millions of taxpayers dollars and on top of that slow down internet access. I dont believe this. I mean what is the government trying to achieve by doing this. Really, is it going to stop crime? will it prevent theft? Okay if there are sites which supprt these crimes then yes shut it down by all means but their is no need to filter the internet. These are the areas the government should be concerned about. Yes i understand it protects a child's innocence but their are many programmes parents can use to monitor and block what their kids can see, but is it really fair for the government to decide what we as Australian citizens can or can't view on the net. Anyways, for any who would like to voice their opinion in regards to this issue visit this webiste http://nocleanfeed.com/action.html you can also contact the minister! Now that's an idea.
If Australians let policy makers know exactly what they think about the 'clean feed' internet filter there is a chance we can bring about policy change!
Okay i've heard of these before and i'm sure i signed one sometime in the past but can't exactly remember what it was for. Im sure though whatever it was it was a good cause! So i searched for an online petition to stop dolphin slaughter in Japan because i just find that cruel and sad and it is just a bad of a crime as any other. http://www.greenpeace.org/international/ SAVE THE DOLPHINS!
Respond to a professional blogger at a major news site
So for this task i had to search for a professional blogger which i was surprised by because i was completely unaware that major news sites had blogs..not a bad idea i must say. I mean we do live in a democratic country. So i went on the CNN as it came to mind first as a major news site and i watched an interview with Barak Obama discussing how the economy probably won't produce enough jobs until 2010. Sad reality. Recession hit the world hard!
What is Barak Obama up to today?
Ok, so i checked this out on his twitter and he's apparently in the UN...how surprising, i think not.
Find out who your local, state and federal representatives are
State: Anna Bligh
Federal: Kevin Rudd
Local: Adrian Schrinner (representative for chandler ward)
Look up the Queensland or Australian hansard to find the last time your local member spoke in parliament
Okay so the last time Adrian Schrinner spoke in parliment was tuesday 27th of February 2009 and it was regarding the good neighbour clean-up scheme.
Read the lecture and the readings, pursue a couple of the topics that you find most interesting and then post your blog with your well-considered thoughts about the theory and practice of politics
Okay, so i have decided to talk about 'clean feed' as it is a topic which has been brought to my attention this week and one in which i strongly disagree about! Basically clean feed The Australian Federal Government's plan to force ISP's (Intenet Service Providers) to censor the internet for all Australians.This plan will waste millions of taxpayers dollars and on top of that slow down internet access. I dont believe this. I mean what is the government trying to achieve by doing this. Really, is it going to stop crime? will it prevent theft? Okay if there are sites which supprt these crimes then yes shut it down by all means but their is no need to filter the internet. These are the areas the government should be concerned about. Yes i understand it protects a child's innocence but their are many programmes parents can use to monitor and block what their kids can see, but is it really fair for the government to decide what we as Australian citizens can or can't view on the net. Anyways, for any who would like to voice their opinion in regards to this issue visit this webiste http://nocleanfeed.com/action.html you can also contact the minister! Now that's an idea.
If Australians let policy makers know exactly what they think about the 'clean feed' internet filter there is a chance we can bring about policy change!
wk 7- lecture summary
So basically this wk's lecture was about creative commons and FLOSS (Free/Libre open source software. Firstly i'll start off by talking about creative commons. Okay so this was the first time i had actually heard of this term but it is very simple, although i have to admit it had never really crosed my mind before the lecture. What creative commons does is it enables 'some rights reserved' to works unlike 'all rights reserved'. In simpler terms, when a person creates a piece of work they automatically own an 'all rights reserved copyright to that work. This protects the work from unwanted usuage by others without consent. However,it can be very restrictive and some people may not mind sharing their work with the rest of the world. This can be a hassle though to go to that person and get permision before using their work. Luckily for the world there is CC, which gives copyright licensing to those who wish to allow their works to be shared with the rest of the world. Don't get confused though, this does not in any way withdraw a person's copyright laws, it simply refines them. So what are you waiting for hop on the website and get started!
www.creativecommons.org.au/
The second part of the lecture talked about FLOSS, which is short for Free or Libre Open Source Software. Creative commons allow people with FLOSS to use for their works. Basically Richard M Stallman started the free software foundation in 1981.There are 4 free software principles: Freedom 0-The freedom to run the program for any purpose; Freedom 1-The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs; Freedom 2-The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbour and Freedom 3- The freedom to improve the program, and release improvements to the public so that the community can benefit.However, a GPL licence was released, which is a legal document which controls what people can or can't do with the free software, so any violations to these laws and the company can sue!
Open source is the now common name for 'free' source with the rise of businesses on the computer. Open source software are programmes such as mozilla firefox, linux, openoffice etc..as opposed to closed source or proprietary software which include internet explorer, microsoft programs, windows vista etc. I think after this lecture that creative commons is a clever idea and not only does it provide legal sharing of privately owned work but it allows for the development of it too and people can be as creative as they want with it for which ever purpose. It's genius!
www.creativecommons.org.au/
The second part of the lecture talked about FLOSS, which is short for Free or Libre Open Source Software. Creative commons allow people with FLOSS to use for their works. Basically Richard M Stallman started the free software foundation in 1981.There are 4 free software principles: Freedom 0-The freedom to run the program for any purpose; Freedom 1-The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs; Freedom 2-The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbour and Freedom 3- The freedom to improve the program, and release improvements to the public so that the community can benefit.However, a GPL licence was released, which is a legal document which controls what people can or can't do with the free software, so any violations to these laws and the company can sue!
Open source is the now common name for 'free' source with the rise of businesses on the computer. Open source software are programmes such as mozilla firefox, linux, openoffice etc..as opposed to closed source or proprietary software which include internet explorer, microsoft programs, windows vista etc. I think after this lecture that creative commons is a clever idea and not only does it provide legal sharing of privately owned work but it allows for the development of it too and people can be as creative as they want with it for which ever purpose. It's genius!
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