Today in class we extended what concepts we learned from Lessig’s writing on copyrighting. A power point was presented explaining different copyright concepts. We talked about what was considred copyright and what qualified as fair use of material. We also viewed some “Illegal Art” on the internet to show how copyrighting has been prevalent in the past around the country.
I liked the subject of today’s class because I feel like it is very important to the real world. In some of my other classes I get fed up because I feel like the concepts that I am trying so hard to master will never be applied to real life. Knowing about copyright procedues is prevalent to life because as a student plagirism is dealt with, with zero tolerance. I didn’t like that todays class wasn’t very interactive because I am a hands on learner and I found my concentration drifting every once in a while. The class was very informative though, and beneficial.
If I could change one thing to make the class better I would make all of the students find examples of copyrighting on the internet to share and discuss with the class. Or I would show different examples and have the class decide whether it was fair use or copyright infringment. We did look at a Starbucks example, but if we had multiple examples the lecture would be more interactive. This would also attempt to make people pay attention.
I think the instructor wanted us to take away the basic concept of copyright. I think that she intended us to be able to tell what is or isn’t copyright, so that when we are researching we aren’t crossing the line. I also think the class should have taken away that copyright is not only plagirism in research, but also includes real life situations such as using company’s logos or slogans.
I took away from the class to always be knowledgable about the sources you are using, and to investigate who owns everything before using it. I am taking away new found knowledge of how companys buy rights to artwork,etc such as with Lessig and the creator of the Simpsons. I am also taking away a new understanding of how copyright procedures work in the real world.
I too enjoyed this class talking about copyright and that many different intricacies that go along with taking information from someone else or using someone else’s work in your own publication.