Tuesday, April 19, 2011

blog 12

In the section Crossovers Are Growing goes into examples on creative common works also moving into a commercial economy. I found this to be similar to Girl Talk. Girl Talk is free to the public, not only to download the music but also to remix. This is similar to the movie because through Girl Talks freedom to use his music he has also entered a commercial economy by touring and becoming a well know remix artist. “But the licenses also helped them cross over to a commercial economy.” (Lessig pg. 228). I feel as if this also helped Girl Talk.

“An extraordinary range of diverse culture could be accessible, cheaply, anytime and anywhere.” (Lessig pg. 252). With RW people use past culture to create new culture. With technology we are able to easily find older culture and create new. Just like Girl Talk does. He uses his computer and a range of programs to create totally new music and then puts it on the Internet for anyone to download at anytime. That is to say if they have Internet access.

“Copyright law must be changed. Changed, not abolished.” (Lessig pg. 253). Throught the entire movie I couldn’t help but this this. That copyright laws shouldn’t be a worry for parents or artist such as Girl Talk. At a certain point what Girl Talk and other artist like Girl Talk creates is not stealing but creating. It does not try to be the original and there for should not be accounted as such. Copyright laws need to be altered to properly protect the people and their artwork. Not bring worry about being sued for expression ones self.

Monday, April 4, 2011

blog #11

Lessig goes into exploring how there are two economies. There is commercial and sharing economy. This is interesting because I never thought about how there are two ways to receive and get items. Commercial economy is where someone would receive an item by paying for it. The exchange for an item for money, this is easy to grasp because I do this everyday. However, sharing is quite different. You could receive something by just your word, or a “promise”.

As I read on Lessig explains how the Internet is becoming a blend of both. For example Amazon, it not only asks something of its users it also is sharing. However, Google does not ask anything of there users and gives something to them. A cool thing I hadn’t thought of was that Google keeps your searches on hand. So Google is giving a service to it’s users. Amazon does the same thing by suggesting things you may like by what you search and buy. The Internet now gives people something they can’t find anywhere else. I was thinking about why I don’t shop in real life but do most of my shopping online. Because it gives me as a buyer something stores can’t. It remembers me. This isn’t true for all sites though, but for Amazon it suggests things I would like—and yes I usually do like them. Overall Lessig is explaining how these two economies are blended on the Internet and in essence creating something entirely new.