Tuesday, 19 April 2011
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
Copyright in the News
Currently a website called 'Zediva' is being sued by 6 major studios for copyright infringement, Zediva is an online movie streaming service which rents out movies for £2 online. This is a lot cheaper than the prices at companies such as blockbuster etc... These 6 studios are therefore suing because they believe they are losing business due to the 'illegal' website.
Copyright
Copyright - a statutory right to stop others copying or exploiting authors’ works in various other ways without permission.
Copyright is a part of everyday life, want to upload a Youtube video ? You have to check the copyright details. Want to write a song ? You have to check the copyright details. Want to create a mashup? You have to check the copyright details. To do any of those things and many more you have to check the copyright details, its hard to do much these days without being in danger of breaching the laws of copyright.
I chose copyright as my subject because I know so little about it and it is such a large subject with many different views.
The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 creates several different categories of ‘work’ in which copyright can exist, and different owners or authors of works. The principal categories of protected work are:
-Original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works, including photographs.
-Sound recordings, such as tapes, CDs and digital files such as MP3s; films, television and sound broadcasts, and cable programmes.
-The typographical arrangements of published editions.
Copyright does not exist in a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work unless it is original. This simply means that some limited work or effort must have gone into the work by its creator and that it was not copied from another work. Even street directories or television programme schedules can attract copyright as literary works.
Owning the copyright in a work gives the owner the exclusive right to:
-Copy the work.
-Issue copies to the public.
-Perform, show or play the work in public.
-Broadcast the work or include it in a cable programme service.
-Make adaptation of the work or do any of the above in relation to an adaptation.
Copyright is a part of everyday life, want to upload a Youtube video ? You have to check the copyright details. Want to write a song ? You have to check the copyright details. Want to create a mashup? You have to check the copyright details. To do any of those things and many more you have to check the copyright details, its hard to do much these days without being in danger of breaching the laws of copyright.
I chose copyright as my subject because I know so little about it and it is such a large subject with many different views.
The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 creates several different categories of ‘work’ in which copyright can exist, and different owners or authors of works. The principal categories of protected work are:
-Original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works, including photographs.
-Sound recordings, such as tapes, CDs and digital files such as MP3s; films, television and sound broadcasts, and cable programmes.
-The typographical arrangements of published editions.
Copyright does not exist in a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work unless it is original. This simply means that some limited work or effort must have gone into the work by its creator and that it was not copied from another work. Even street directories or television programme schedules can attract copyright as literary works.
Owning the copyright in a work gives the owner the exclusive right to:
-Copy the work.
-Issue copies to the public.
-Perform, show or play the work in public.
-Broadcast the work or include it in a cable programme service.
-Make adaptation of the work or do any of the above in relation to an adaptation.
Monday, 4 April 2011
Mashups
The below video is a mashup of 'Firework' by Katy Perry and 'Grenade' by Bruno Mars. Firstly, the singer has a great voice that is perfect for both of the songs and it pieces them together in a sense. The songs also go very well together because they're sang in the same key and also consist of the same chord progression on the guitar.
This next mashup consists of 'Love the Way You Lie' by Eminem and Rihanna, 'teenage dream' by Katy Perry and 'Dynamite' by Taio Cruz. It is by the same artist as in the first mashup.
Due to copyright, some mashups are taken off youtube. An example is the 'hitler mashups' these were clips of Hitler screaming in German taken from a film called 'downfall'. People would change the subtitles and upload the video translated as Hitler complaining about his xbox live,his wifi connection or any other issues they could think of. However all of the Hitler mashups were removed from youtube by the DMCA.
This next mashup consists of 'Love the Way You Lie' by Eminem and Rihanna, 'teenage dream' by Katy Perry and 'Dynamite' by Taio Cruz. It is by the same artist as in the first mashup.
Due to copyright, some mashups are taken off youtube. An example is the 'hitler mashups' these were clips of Hitler screaming in German taken from a film called 'downfall'. People would change the subtitles and upload the video translated as Hitler complaining about his xbox live,his wifi connection or any other issues they could think of. However all of the Hitler mashups were removed from youtube by the DMCA.
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