During this week’s class we watched
a clip from the TV show “The Colbert Report”. It was a one sided argument about
the difference between copy right and “remixing”. I am personally on Mr.
Colbert’s side and think that there is not a difference between Remixing and
taking credit for the work and using someone’s work and not siting the source
of the material. The link for the video is http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/215454/january-08-2009/lawrence-lessig.
This video is quite comical and will make you laugh. But I feel as though Lawrence
Lessig, does not have any point that remixing and not giving credit to the
original should be right. I am sure that if someone used his book and added
clips of comics to it, then claimed they “Remixed” it without giving him
credit, he would have a lawsuit drawn up really quickly. With all of this said,
remixing is kind of cool but I still believe that the work should be sighted. I
am sure that there is a lot more content about it in his book but from the
overview I see and from the arguments he is trying to make in his interview, he
does not make very good points, he seem to contradict himself. This is my rant
for the week see you all for the last class tomorrow night!!!
I agree with all of Lance’s points - the source of works should be sighted. I am confused about Lawrence’s arguments – I thought he was saying that copyright law should be revisited and loosed somewhat. He is one of the originators of Creative Common which says that there are still copyrights but that people can give types of permissions with their works which eliminates the need to obtain permissions in certain cases. It does not eliminate the giving of sources or credit or permission when the originator asks for it. The video was unfortunately not specific enough about what the issues are and Lawrence’s position and we don’t have time to read the book. Dave S.
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