When it comes to "Fair Use" of
copyrighted material, it is very limited to what you can legally do with the
material. You are only allowed to comment, criticize, or parody a piece of work
and is strictly limited to referencing a few quoted lines of a song,
summarizing an article, etc. Transformative use brings in the two following
questions: Is the material used from the original piece of work being transformed
by adding new meaning, and is value being added to the original piece of work
by creating new information, additions, etc.? So with Girl Talk and his music
the ultimate question asked in his case is he making the music that he is
sampling more valuable both intellectually and physically by featuring it in
his mixes? In my opinion he is not increasing the value of any of the songs
that he is featuring. He does this by only using snippets of songs, background
instrumental of the song that have been warped, as well as other special effects.
After listening to his songs personally it is almost hard to tell the origin of the
song or what the song is because he has mixed it in a way that does not
directly reveal the original piece of work. An example would be using some of
Taylor Swift lyrics sang, rapped, screamed, etc. in a different voice overplayed
on a club beat that has been fashioned out of several songs. So does this really
infringe on the copyright that music companies and artists have on their
material? It doesn’t because he doesn’t charge for his music and the core of
his music is different in such a way that he can and should be able to avoid
and criminal or civil suits.
Internet Communication
A blog about Internet Communication
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Thursday, February 25, 2016
Network Laws
When it comes to the three different
network laws Metcalfe’s law, which is the law that states that the value of that particular telecommunications network is directly proportional tot he square of the number of users on the system (n2), is what I agree with the most. It was created by George Gilder in 1993 in
relation to Robert Metcalfe the principles of Ethernet, which is our method of
data transfer today from modems to routers and then Wi-Fi. The larger the
network with compatible devices connected to that network , the
more the worth of that value, whether that is in terms of money or data. All of
the devices connected to the network are in turn connected to each other multiplying
the worth of the network. Each device that is connected to that network is in
tern connected to other networks which allows for cross network communication. Sarnoff’s
law however directly correlates the exact amount of users on the network to the
worth of the network and the users are not connected to each other.
When it comes
to how people get their information from these networks in the next five years
will go to mostly small notifications and tidbits of information due to our
ever shrinking attention spans caused by our electronic devices. The internet
has already taken over as our prime source of our daily information. We can
obtain access to the internet through almost any public building and residence
in the Unites States today. In the next five years companies like Google are
going to be bringing high speed internet access to everyone cheaper and more efficiently
than the phone companies. I believe just this ability to easily access the
internet will change how all of us will soon be getting our information. Just 5
years ago we watched Television more to get our information as well as used our
computers to access the web, now we mostly use our mobile devices to do both.
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Your online Identity
Being anonymous online now is harder than it seems. Everything you o, watch, ready, and view is tracked in some way or another. Before Google and Facebook, being totally anonymous was as simple as just getting online. The internet has been know for just being able to spread misinformation or falsities very quickly and one must always judge the authenticity of what they are viewing. Since sites such as Facebook and Twitter came on the scene being able to judge ones authenticity online as an individual. Everyday Facebook and Twitter are cracking down on fake profiles and accounts by deleting from their servers and making it harder to get fake accounts out there.
Your personal identity now is permanently tied to your real life identity and what you view or post can potentially come back to haunt you later on. Facebook understands its users yearn for authenticity so with their $1 billion dollar purchase of Instagram it has allowed for users to connect both services allowing for a more authentic representation of the person who is sharing their lives through their pictures online. Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of Facebook believes that your offline identity and online identity are one in the same. In contrast to this authenticity, Sites like 4chan and Reddit do not make its users register for an account just to view the content or even post anonymous content themselves (there are rules to what you can post of course), and they do not have an archive to track who is posting and all their information to go along with it. These sites are trying to hang on to that freedom that the internet once had. The Tor Project, or dark web, is allowing users to be 100% anonymous if you have the right tools such as a Virtual Private Network which allows one to be untraceable once connected to the internet. Although being anonymous online was once a possible achievement for anyone who connected to the internet, you have to watch yourself on the internet because you never know who is or will be watching.
Your personal identity now is permanently tied to your real life identity and what you view or post can potentially come back to haunt you later on. Facebook understands its users yearn for authenticity so with their $1 billion dollar purchase of Instagram it has allowed for users to connect both services allowing for a more authentic representation of the person who is sharing their lives through their pictures online. Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of Facebook believes that your offline identity and online identity are one in the same. In contrast to this authenticity, Sites like 4chan and Reddit do not make its users register for an account just to view the content or even post anonymous content themselves (there are rules to what you can post of course), and they do not have an archive to track who is posting and all their information to go along with it. These sites are trying to hang on to that freedom that the internet once had. The Tor Project, or dark web, is allowing users to be 100% anonymous if you have the right tools such as a Virtual Private Network which allows one to be untraceable once connected to the internet. Although being anonymous online was once a possible achievement for anyone who connected to the internet, you have to watch yourself on the internet because you never know who is or will be watching.
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