Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Trailer Idea
For my project I want to make a video collaboration on hitrecord.org. I am hoping to do it with numorous people on the site but for the trailer I think that I am just going to remix a few videos already posted on the site. In the trailer, I am going to present a view ideas I have about what type of video collaboration I am looking to do. I'm hoping it will come together nicely and act as almost a sneek peak of what my project is going to be like. With saying that I am also interested in what makes blogs and vlogs so popular so my goal after making my video is to post it up on youtube or whatever and see how many hits it gets on its own. Then I went to start sending it to people I know and see how far it gets by word of mouth.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Response to Lessig's Remix
Lessig's Remix had a very interesting intro. This article like the one we read in class is about plagiarism. This is more focused on plagiarism in the entertainment industry, particularly the music industry. In Chapter One, we follow the story of a woman named Stephanie Lenz. She recorded a video of her toddler dancing to a Prince song. A company that represented Prince, Universal Music, happened to stumble upon the video and immediately contacted YouTube (the website she posted the video on) to remove that video. YouTube complied but informed Mrs. Lenz who was outraged by the whole situation. She decided to fight back!
In this case, personally I think that Universal Music took this incident completely out of proportion and I think that Mrs. Lenz was right in fighting back. There is a different between plagiarism and using a product that has been put in the public eye for entertainment purposes. Mrs. Lenz was simply filming her toddler dance to a song that was playing in the background of their home. The main focus of the video was not the song but in fact the child dancing. Mrs. Lenz was in no way trying to copy Prince's song or distribute it unlawfully.
I think legally actions should be used when plagiarism is evident but in this case there was no clear evidence. Plagiarism is no way right but there is a difference between plagiarism and simple enjoyment of entertainment that is out in the public eye. So keep posting you videos of you singing a song by your favorite artist, just make sure that you acknowledge that you are in fact singing a song by that artist. Performing their work is fine as long as you give them credit for it. But, don't post videos of you dancing to any particular song because you could get sued for plagiarism.
In this case, personally I think that Universal Music took this incident completely out of proportion and I think that Mrs. Lenz was right in fighting back. There is a different between plagiarism and using a product that has been put in the public eye for entertainment purposes. Mrs. Lenz was simply filming her toddler dance to a song that was playing in the background of their home. The main focus of the video was not the song but in fact the child dancing. Mrs. Lenz was in no way trying to copy Prince's song or distribute it unlawfully.
I think legally actions should be used when plagiarism is evident but in this case there was no clear evidence. Plagiarism is no way right but there is a difference between plagiarism and simple enjoyment of entertainment that is out in the public eye. So keep posting you videos of you singing a song by your favorite artist, just make sure that you acknowledge that you are in fact singing a song by that artist. Performing their work is fine as long as you give them credit for it. But, don't post videos of you dancing to any particular song because you could get sued for plagiarism.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Response to Lethem's “The Ecstasy of Influence”
Lethem is trying to make the point that plagiarism is not right but there is a difference in plagiarizing and using work that has become popular culture. Though, it is not acceptable to take someones work some pieces of work have become such common knowledge in today's society and such a huge part of society that it is not uncommon for them to be including in other forms of work. An example of this would be me referencing The Little Mermaid in some form of work I was doing. I am not stealing it because it is part of society.
Stealing work or plagiarism has been going on for a very long time and some of it is even unknowing. I personally, away from Lethem's opinion, think in today's society it is very hard to have a completely original thought because we are so exposed to outside sources. To write something completely non-bias or uncontaminated by outside sources is nearly impossible. And though, we should try to be conscious of plagiarism at all times it is often hard to be uninfluenced by other works.
Throughout history, work has been plagiarized but not always on purpose. People can plagiarize without physically finding a text, copy and paste, and putting it into a word document and writing their name on it as the author. There is plagiarizing that happens mentally, without fully understanding that you are copying it. Maybe, its a subconscious thought in your head that you did not even realize. There are so many forms of plagiarizing today. But, are they actually plagiarizing or just simply influence?
Stealing work or plagiarism has been going on for a very long time and some of it is even unknowing. I personally, away from Lethem's opinion, think in today's society it is very hard to have a completely original thought because we are so exposed to outside sources. To write something completely non-bias or uncontaminated by outside sources is nearly impossible. And though, we should try to be conscious of plagiarism at all times it is often hard to be uninfluenced by other works.
Throughout history, work has been plagiarized but not always on purpose. People can plagiarize without physically finding a text, copy and paste, and putting it into a word document and writing their name on it as the author. There is plagiarizing that happens mentally, without fully understanding that you are copying it. Maybe, its a subconscious thought in your head that you did not even realize. There are so many forms of plagiarizing today. But, are they actually plagiarizing or just simply influence?
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