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Copyright and Ethics In Digital Age. Lecture for COM495, digital communication technologies.
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Copyright and Ethics In The Digital Age
COM495Kathy E. Gill
Framing
Web 2.0 Technologies
Technologies change how we interact with (digital) cultural objects.
We are no longer merely a consumer; we can also be a producer.
This is a shift from the late 20th
century model:
In Our Digital World, It Is Easier to Borrow, Copy,
Manipulate
This means it is technically easier to express ourselves in new, creative ways.
The Clash
Culture as a freely flowing current of ideas and practices runs head first into culture as intellectual property
Ask permission each time
Ask permission each use
Framing
• A 10-minute explanation of copyright … using words from one of the largest (and most aggressive) copyright owners in the world
Terms: Copyright
• Copyright law protects “creative and expressive works”
• Automatic (do not have to file, register)
• Scope: http://copyright.gov/
• Does not extend to ideas or facts
How Long Does It Last?
In 1709, copyright lasted 14 years
Since 1978 copyright lasts for either the life of the author + 70 years or, in the case of work-for-hire, 95 years from publication or
125 years from creation
Controversy
Copyright purpose is to
“promote the progress of science and the useful arts” … and the duration for exclusivity is to
be “limited” … - US Constitution
Terms: Public Domain
When the copyright term expires, works revert to public domain.
The copyright holder may dedicate works to the public domain; eg, works funded by the US Government.
PD works are freely available for use by anyone for anything.
no rights reserved
all rights reserved
some rights
reserved
attribution
non-commercial
no derivative works
Ethics
• Value system by which a person determines what is right or wrong
• For bloggers:
• Be honest
• Be transparent
• Credit others
• Respect position of opponents
Digital technologies enable a "Tinkering
culture" -- a "read write rip burn culture"
The legal systemhas not yet
caught up withtechnology.
Sources• Copyright, Fair Use & The Evolution of Creative
Commons: http://www.slideshare.net/cliotech/copyright-the-evolution-of-creative-commonshttp:/www.slideshare.net/cliotech/copyright-the-evolution-of-creative-commons
• Copyright and Options for Creative Practitioners: http://www.slideshare.net/creativecommonsaustralia/creative-copyright-copyright-and-options-for-creative-practitioners
• A Fair(y) Use Tale: http://youtube.com/watch?v=CJn_jC4FNDo
• Image: Consume. Be silent. Die. (unknown)
• Web 2.0 Image (1): http://joevans.pbwiki.com/Web+2+Point+O+Tools
• Kathy E. Gill
• http://wiredpen.com and http://faculty.washington.edu
• @kegill
• Some Rights Reserved: