Lessig’s article was about how he wished to use 4 seconds of the Simpson’s in his original work, and he attempted to get permission for using this. He talks about how he started talking to the artist, and then finding out that he no longer owned the rights he was denied the right to use the footage of the Simpsons without paying a huge amount of money. Lessig discussed fair use, and copyright rules.
I learned a lot of new concepts about copyright from this article that I previously had not heard of. I was surprised to learn that Lessig no longer owned his own artwork since he signed it over to television. I was also surprised that it was so expensive to have a mere few seconds of copyrighted material in the backgroud. I also learned about fair use, this was not a concept I had ever even heard of. I not only learned of the concept, but what would be considered fair use, and what would fall short.
This article is very relevant to a class on inforamtion and research because every source you use for research needs to be cited properly to avoid violating the copyright rules. If a student is not aware of the rules, they could be being violated and the student would not even be aware. It is also relevant to learn of fai use, so one is knowledgable about where to draw the line with their research due to copyright infringement.
I can apply this to my life as a student because I am a MIS major and I will be dealing with the internet and technology for the rest of my life, so I need to know the rules of copyright. With the increase of technology in the world, if I am not aware of the copyright rules I could walk a fine line that may lead to me getting in trouble. This is also applied to my life as a student for the same reason, it is not okay to copyright material and I need to know how to steer away from this.
This reading relates to all we have learned about sourcing in this class because you cite a source to avoid copyrighting. Now we not only know how to cite and annotate sources to give credit to the creator, but we know why we are doing this, and the credentials backing it up! Copyright is a big issue and plagirism can lead to be kicked out of school, so knowing what is considered copyrighting is essential.
