New Communication Technology Essay, Creative Commons

Explain what Creative Commons is and, using examples, show how it is different to other forms of copyright.

Creative commons is defined as “An organization that has defined an alternative to copyrights by filling in the gap between full copyright, in which no use is permitted without permission, and public domain, where permission is not required at all. Creative Commons' licenses let people copy and distribute the work under specific conditions, and general descriptions and legal clauses.” Creative commons works parallel with copyright. (http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Creative+Commons)

In contrast to this the dentition of creative commons the explanation of copyright is “Copyright refers to laws that regulate the use of the work of a creator, such as an artist or author. This includes copying, distributing, altering and displaying creative, literary and other types of work. Unless otherwise stated in a contract, the author or creator of a work retains the copyright.” (http://graphicdesign.about.com/od/legalglossary/g/copyright.htm)
With regard to copyright, the idea cannot be protected itself but the physical use of the idea, which includes things like an artwork or a novel that is covered entirely under copyright law.

The goal of creative commons is a way to extend copyright and allow sharing of creative works and also modification of the originals by others. The author of the work can choose the level of protection that they want creative commons to reserve. This is one of the main differences between creative commons and copyright. Creative commons goes by the policy some rights reserved which allows the works to be possibly susceptible to reproduction and alteration without having to seek permission from the creator as the permission has already been granted through creative commons. This is in contrast to copyright, which agrees to all rights reserved so the product is completely reserved to the creator and if someone would like to reproduce the work they would have to seek permission from the creator. Creative commons is a free organization that is not for profit, where as with copyright does make a considerable amount of profit as, if someone wants to copyright their work under all rights reserved they must pay for it. Another way in which copyright makes its profit is that if another person wants to reproduce that work they must purchase it from the original copyright holder. From this perspective copyright is a business out to make a profit from the original creations of artist who has chosen to have their work protected.

To highlight the difference between creative commons and copyright, here is a list of the components of creative commons that a person can choose from when considering having their work placed under creative commons -
· Attribution – Which lets others reproduce your work but only if they give credit to you.
· Non-commercial – You let others reproduce but for non-commercial uses only
· No Derivative Works – Let others reproduce your work yet no derivative works based upon it.
· Share Alike – Let others reproduce your work only under a licence identical to the licence that governs your work.

An example of creative commons and how it is different to copyright is the website Wikepedia, which is a website that can be publically viewed by all and altered, reproduce, replicate and reference. A positive to the aspect of creative commons in regard to Wikepedia this is that all information is widely available globally and people can use and interpret it as they wish without having to worry about the legal implications of copyright. A negative aspect of this is that with anyone being able to edit or alter the information present on Wikepedia there is no telling if the information is reliable or not as the original source can be altered. Therefore referencing information from Wikipedia can never be a reliable source.

“A copyright gives the owner complete right over their work, and also protects it against any unauthorized usage on the Internet or through any other media.”(www.freelegaladvicehelp.com/copyrights/creative-common/Difference-Between-Copyright-And-Creative-Commons) Creative commons is very different to copyright as the laws are much less strict regarding something that is protected under copyright, for example. In regards to copyright with reference to scholarly journals the author has a choice as to how they want to copyright their work which comes under the Electronic Journal of Comparative Law (EJCL) this law is put into place to allow the work to be protected under copyright yet be reused for educational purposes only. This policy involves –
The author keeps the copyright.
The copyright notice mentions that classroom use is free, but other uses depend on the permission of the authors themselves.
The journal asks only for a licence to publish the article as the first publisher.
The author is obliged to mention EJCL as a source whenever the author later republishes the article on other platforms. (Hoorn, van der Graaf 2006)


With the examples of Wikipedia and various scholarly journals it can be shown how different the two concepts of creative commons and copyright really are. For things such as scholarly journals and thesis’s it is important to be acknowledged and credited for you hard work and research but also allow others to use this research and benefit from it for educational purposes. In using this as an example shows how copyright is an important factor in the protection of original works. In contrast to this creative commons is also an important aspect of sharing work. The fact that you can choose which level of protection that you want for your work allows the creator to flexibly decide how they would like to share their work or to create information on things such as Wikipedia. In conclusion neither one is more superior than the other yet both are different in their own ways and in regards to what the creator of the work wants their creation to be protected under they have two different forms of protection that they can choose from Creative commons or Copyright.



Reference List
http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Creative+Commons
http://clickandcopyright.com/copyright-resources/copyrights-vs-creative-commons
http://graphicdesign.about.com/od/legalglossary/g/copyright.htm
http://corp.kaltura.com/partners/sites/default/files/partner_logos/creative_commons.jpg
http://www.freelegaladvicehelp.com/copyrights/creative-common/Difference-Between-Copyright-And-Creative-Commons.html
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/february06/vandergraaf/02vandergraaf.html
http://media.smashingmagazine.com

· Hoorn, Esther. van der Graaf, Maurits 2006, Copyright Issues in Open Access Research Journals The Authors Perspective D-Lib MagazineFebruary 2006, Volume 12 Number 2

Course Evaluation

This is my overall all evalutaion of the course. I found the course in gerneral interesting, I felt that i learnt many things from the course that i had no intention of ever learning about and no prior knowledge on the topics such as, the history of the internet and computers, culture jams and cyber punk. In saying this there were also some aspects of the course that i did not enjoy such as the changing of lecturers and tutors as i find to acheive a positive learning outcome it is essential to have a consistant aspect of teaching. As a student i find that i become used to a certain way that a lecture is given and tutorial is given. By changing these around i found myself having to adjust to other methods of teaching halfway through the semester. An aspect of the tutorials that i did enjoys was the examples given to us, regarding the topic discussed which were somethimes humerous and made the tutorial more exciting such as the utilization of youtube as a learning tool. I do not have any other negative comments on the contnent of the course itself, i found all the topics appropriate to the subject of New Communication Technology.

Culture Jam

For our culture jam assessment, me and my group decided to use the big day out event and create the fake rumor that it is going to be canceled. We created a fake person named Alfred Baxter and made him pose as the creator and organizer of the big day out event, he posted some comments on an official big day out page saying that it was canceled and we got a response from the real creators saying that he was an impostor and a joke.

We made a facebook(http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/profile.php?id=100001471098367) and twitter account we also changed the Wikipedia website with information on the big day out and posted on it that the big day out is canceled this year and also made Alfred Baxter as one of the creators of the event. There must have been a big day out official constantly monitoring the page as, as soon as we posted the changes a few minutes later they were changed back to normal and we repeated this process numerous times and our additions to the Wikipedia page were removed again. This is about the only response we got from the official creators and now that the official lineup is out for the big day out and tickets are on sale there is really nothing more that we can do, however we did get some praise from a new face book acquaintance of Alfred Baxtors.

"Zac Carroll Hi Alfred good to meet you.You do a fantastic job of the big day out each year want to thank you for your great work." =)

Week 10 lecture summary - 06/10/10

This week in the lecture we discussed the idea of the environment, the environment of technology that we often take for granted. The lecturer made a good example of saying to us that the environment is invisible to us unless our attention is drawn to it, for example in the lecture room we do not notice the technology around us but there is wireless internet and radio waves surrounding us. Another example used is that a fish in water does not notice its surroundings until it is changed into colored water. This topic was explained to us as many people were questioning why we are learning about certain things in the course. I now understand why it is important to appreciate how the environment evolves over time, this is why we learn about such things as the history of the internet and computers. In another part of the lecture we also discussed politics and the clean feed policy which discusses censorship and privacy. I believe that the clean feed policy is wrong and to me displays ideas to much political control, when the main concept of the internet is to have freedom to put anything you want up and look at anything you want. If the clean feed is pursued we are only taking a step towards being more like communist China.

Week 9, Tutespark

My chosen essay topic for the assessment is - Question 2. Explain what Creative Commons is and, using examples, show how it is different to other forms of copyright.

The way in which i will begin to research this topic is to define what creative commons is, also define copyright and contrast the two. I would show how it is different from other forms of copyright.

There are a few websites that i have browsed that i will look further into -

• http://creativecommons.org.au/
• http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/scw/go/pid/904
• http://copyright-australia.com/?gclid=COvk-7PomaQCFROnbwodQg9AEw
• http://www.whenihavetime.com/a-guide-to-copyright-and-creative-commons/
• http://www.clickandcopyright.com/copyright-resources/copyrights-vs-creative-commons.aspx
  

Week 9 - Lecture Summary

This week is New Communication Technology in the lecture we talked about cyberpunk and William Gibson.

• Cyberpunk is online fiction some of the issues that is discusses are, high technology, questionable morality, hybrid genre. There are many authors of cyberpunk on the internet, the one that was discussed in the lecture is William Gibson.
• William Gibson is American born he received a Bachelor of English. He Has written many cyberpunks including -

  o The Sprawl Trilogy
  

  o The Bridge Trilogy
  

  o The Blue Ant Trilogy
  

• Cyberpunk fictions are very popular in the virtual community and as published novels
  

Week 8

Tutespark and tutetask Week *
Fusion of man and machine
An example of cyber-punk fiction that i found online is entitled 'The Girl who was Plugged in" the plot entails:

The story takes place in a future world, where almost everything is controlled by corporate interests. Corporations control consumers through the celebrities they set up, and product placement. The protagonist, P.Burke is enlisted to become one of these celebrities. P.Burke's consciousness is transferred into a perfect body by a computer. The perfect body, also known as Delphi, is controlled by P.Burke's brain, which is still physically located in her original body. After the transformation, Delphi travels the world using products, promoting them to the masses.

The story is told by someone from the future, speaking to a modern person. The narrator addresses the reader as "zombie" and "dead daddy". The book ends with "better believe it zombie, it's a great future out there". This device is intended to make the reader think about the ways one is controlled by what one buys, and how one views celebrities as role models.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_Who_Was_Plugged_In)

An example of current news story that relates to the topic of Fusion of Man and Machine is a news story by (CNN) -- This talks of how by 2020 exciting advances in bio-interfacing will make it possible for a wider range of diseases to be treated electronically

Fusion of Man and Machine - My cyberpunk fiction.

With the discovery of this new technology that will supposedly make it possible to create cures for many diseases, a new threat is born. With the genetic interference of bio-interfacing in human DNA a new breed will be born. This breed will no longer be the human species, yet a mechanical version of the human race. With the treatment of diseases such as Parkinson's a consequence will be that of loss of humanity. The question posed is will the cure of these life threatening diseases be worth the risk of loosing all human aspects of life. A loss of emotion and feeling will result in these bio human breeds. With the development of this technology the risk that is at hand is that the technology will become way to advanced that it could create an immortal human race where the meaning of life itself will become meaningless. The human race will become a body of mindless drones in order to save a few lives we are really compromising the entire human race. What will become of existence when each living individual is no longer an living entity with human feelings and meaning yet a mindeless drone and the world becoming a post-industrial dystopia

Tutorial Task Week Seven

Tute Task Week Seven
1. Creative commons was started in 2003 and is a more relaxed version of copy right where the owner of the content can decide if they will allow there content to be reproduced, copied or sold etc. It promotes reasonlable copyright it is some rights reserved rather than all rights reserved. This aspect of creative commons can be relevant to my experience at university as in my time at uni i will no doubt come across an aspect in study where i need to used some content off the web as an example in my study and i need to be aware if this content is under creative commons rather that copy right so that i may reproduce it for my educational benefit.
2.An example of things that have creative commons that are embedded in my blog are things from youtube such as Salad Fingers, Evil Ronald McDonald and Twilight Spoof all these videos are from you tube and are under creative commons as not you tube in the copyright terms it states that you can access Content through the video playback pages of the Service itself, and the Embeddable Player, or other explicitly authorized means YouTube may designate.
3. An academic article that discusses creative commons (http://librarycatalogue.griffith.edu.au/search~S1?/X+creative+commons&searchscope=1&SORT=DZ/X+creative+commons&searchscope=1&SORT=DZ&extended=0&SUBKEY=%20creative%20commons/1%2C24%2C24%2CB/frameset&FF=X+creative+commons&searchscope=1&SORT=DZ&8%2C8%2C) is entitled Digital copyright and the consumer revolution : hands off my i Pod / Matthew Rimmer. A summary of the article is that it briefly discusses the copyright term and the public domain, the privateers of the information age, copyright law, digital sampling and mash-ups Remix culture : the creative commons and its discontents.
4. Portable apps, this is a description of it, "Now you can carry your favorite computer programs along with all of your bookmarks, settings, email and more with you. Use them on any Windows computer. All without leaving any personal data behind." (http://portableapps.com/) This is a useful program as it allows you t hide your identity, it is free and it allows you to used any hardware you want.

Week Six Tutespark

Week Six Tutespark
Who owns the content that I put on various social networking sites, I discovered that my user name and display picture is not owned by me and the advice of facbook is that if i don't want to share it, to simply not have one. If I upload anything to facebook for example they have the right to it. I do not own all the content that i upload onto social networking sites.

Week Six Lecture

Week Six Lecture Summary
This week in the lecture we talked about media, new media and social media. We also briefly discussed and revised the history of the internet. We had a new lecturer for this week Adam Muir. I now understand the concept of virtual community, I see it as a online community where people all around the world can communicate via the internet for example on facebook or other social networking sites you can communicate almost instantly. The concept of individual identity also became aware to me, for example a person expresses themselves online and create there own virtual identity, for example on myspace people can customize there own page as they wish to express there individual identity. The Web 2.0 was create in order to let the user experience the internet in a different way and be allowed to comment or 'read, write, web' this give users a freedom to express their personal opinion over the internet. This lecture got me thinking about the content that i post up on facebook and the fact that once i post anything on there it is available for everyone to see and my photos are not owned by me any more. I was never previously aware of this.

Week five tutespark

Culture Jaming

The first culture jam was the Dada movement which begain in the 1920's it was a form of street art and other forms of art such as poetry which adressed political issues. It was a new form of protest. This had an impact of starting the main stream graffiti movement.

Most Influential Culture Jam was a protest called reclaim the streets which was a resistance movement that opposed the dominance of corporate globalization in the 1980's.

The most damaging Culture Jam was the may day protests of 1971 where there was large scale civil disobediance against the vietnam war, there was a tolat of 12,000 people arrested and many injured with tear gas and force.

Week 5

This week we learned about consumption and production, i found out what citizen journalism is and how much of an impact and influence it has on the media. If there was no citizen journalism there would be a lack of fast news. for example on September 11th the footage of the first plane hitting the tower was taken by citizen journalist and without then that footage would not exist as the mass media could not have been there in time to record that footage. Other topics discussed in the lecture was -

• News and Information
• Mo-jo
• Entertainment
• Fan Films
• Mash-ups, Re-Genres and Re-cuts
• Internet Short Film
• Mobile Content Production

After this lecture I have have now realized how many new communication technologies are involved in consumption and production.

Week 4 big screen to small screen tutespark 18/08/10

Find some short films (3 please) that were made for internet distibution/viewing.
1. A short film that was made just for internet viewing is 'salad fingers' What i think makes these webisodes good is the quirky strange ideas of the short films. They are popular because they are funny but in a creepy sort of way, (http://www.fat-pie.com/salad2.htm) this is the link to the short film. It is very popular as they sell salad fingers merchandise.

2. A second short film is happy meal which is a horror story about an evil Ronald McDonald. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3_KtEC1rkk&p=633B7AF66A9427CD&playnext=1&index=1) It is popular as it is a spoof of such a popular icon.

3. A spoof of the extremely popular twilight films is popular as it is a parody of something so popular. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXb8kZEA81Q&playnext=1&videos=Q-Zx4w9jE_4&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_r2-2r-1-HM)

Week 4, tute task, 18/08/10

This week in the lecture we discussed the history of film and how film is created for internet.

1.Where and when did usable online video start? 2004

2.In the lecture we heard about technological innovations that were used by the studios to lure audiences. (mostly to combat the popularity of TV)
What recent innovations are being used to lure us in the movies? Advertisement through television, radio, competitions, merchandise, billboards and other advertising. A recent innovation is by exploiting peoples social networking pages such as my space and face book by using spam and advertisement and linking it to one persons page and then passing it on to all of those persons contacts without there permission.
What are they luring us from? They are luring us from television, DVD and internet piracy of films in order to provoke people to go to the cinemas on opening day for box office success.

3.Are short films still being made? Yes they are still being made Why? As a form of art and expression and for the short film festivals. Who pays for them to be made? Most of the short films are independantly funded, or paid for through advertisement or some are given government grants.

4.The term viral is thrown about adhoc but what does it mean in film/movie arena? Give some examples. The term means that it is extremely popular and spread out among the internet community. Some examples of online viral videos are, 'Lazy Sunday' and 'Old Spice' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral_video)

5. Online video distribution isn't limited to the short film format. We are now starting to see television styled shows made solely for internet release (webisodes). Find an example of this style of content and discuss how viewing television content in this way can positively and negatively affect the viewer's experience. An example of this is the salad fingers series which is made solely to be watched online. Viewing television content in this way can negatively affect the content as people have to go out of their way to watch this as wait for it to download and can be very time consuming.

Week three Lecture and treasure hunt 11/08/10

In this weeks lecture we discussed the history of the computer and the internet and how the computer was created and its progression over the years. This week an exercise is a treasure hunt which we must answer a certain amount of questions without the use of google of wikipedia.

1. The worlds biggest machine is 'the big bang machine' which cost 10 billion dollars to create. (http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/678178)
(http://www.rumormillnews.com/pix4/BIG_BANG_2.jpg)







2. The fastest and easiest way to contact ozzy osborne is - (http://famous-relationships.topsynergy.com/Ozzy_Osbourne/Contact.asp)

Ozzy Osbourne's Manager:

Sharon Osbourne

Sharon Osbourne Management

9292 Civic Center Drive

Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Phone: 310-859-7761

3. What was the first example of global digital communication, was the Global System for Mobile Communications, on the 7th of September 1987. (http://www.letsgomobile.org/en/2025/global-mobile-communication/)

4. The cheapest form of transport from the gold coast to Melbourne is by flight for $79 (http://www.airfaresflights.com.au/flights/Gold%20Coast/Melbourne-MEL/)

5. Hatsune Miku is an amine character and she belongs to the Yamaha corporations company and her birthday is On August 31, 2007. (http://www.afa09.com/i_love_miku.html)

6. A live web cam in Antarctica is on this website (http://www.camscape.com/Antarctica/index.html) a place to stay in Antarctica is the polar star (http://www.addictedtotravel.com/accommodation/default.aspx?page=2&regionid=12)

Converted Ice-Breaker for Expedition Cruises in Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula & Weddell Sea, Antarctica

7. The top song on the 1980 pop charts in Australia this week was sailing by Christopher Cross (http://www.tunecaster.com/charts/80/week8032.html)

8. The definition of nanotechnology is 'The science and technology of devices and materials, such as electronic circuits or drug delivery systems, constructed on extremely small scales, as small as individual atoms and molecules.' In my own words I think that it is a form of science that uses small atoms and molecules. (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nanotechnology)

9. The camera for google street view is described as 'The feature provides users 360 degree horizontal and 290 degree vertical panoramic street level views within Google Maps. Google collects these images using special cameras and equipment that capture and match images to a specific location using GPS devices. Once the images are captured, they are "sewn" together to create a 360 degree panorama.' (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/18/seagull-google-street-vie_n_503945.html)









10. Translate the questions into Klington
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] ghorgh 'ej nuq ghaHta' [the] wa'DIch [example] vo' [global] [digital] [communication] [
nuq 'oH [the] [cheapest] [form] vo' [travel] vo' [the] SuD baS [Coast] Daq [Melbourne] [

Week three tutespark, 11/08/10

Week Three Tutespark

Definitions -

• Digital - Of, pertaining to, or using digits applied to a computer which operates on data in the form of digits or similar discrete elements. (http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50063921?single=1&query_type=word&queryword=digital&first=1&max_to_show=10)
• Analogue - Relating to or operating with signals or information represented by a continuously variable physical quantity, such as voltage, spatial position, etc., which in the case of measuring instruments can be displayed on a dial or other fixed scale. Also: designating a signal represented in this way. (http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50007887?single=1&query_type=word&queryword=analogue&first=1&max_to_show=10)
• Communication - The transmission or exchange of information, knowledge, or ideas, by means of speech, writing, mechanical or electronic media, etc.; (occas.) an instance of this (http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50045213?single=1&query_type=word&queryword=communication&first=1&max_to_show=10)

• Electronic - Using or involving the storage or transmission of information by electronic means; carried out or performed using electronic devices or computers. (http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50073038?single=1&query_type=word&queryword=electronic&first=1&max_to_show=10)

The aim of this tutespark is to provide three examples of digital devices that are not electronic

• Abacus - (http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/still-image/abacus/abacus.a.102622629.lg.jpg)
  

Morse code - (http://content.artofmanliness.com/uploads/2008/10/morse-code.jpg)

• DNA (-http://www.biojobblog.com/uploads/image/dna_500.jpg)
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Week 2 Tute

Week two tutorial
This week in the tutorial we put our knowledge that we acquired in the lecture into practice by having to create a short story through the use of still images. In doing this activity we had to take into account all the aspects of screen, angles and shots in order to create an effective short story. We were put into a group of four and were given the subject 'The lost keys' we created a story using around 30 still images of someone loosing their keys and ultimately being returned in the end. We used shots such as long, medium, extreme close ups, and mid close ups. The short story was then uploaded to youtube and in doing this we exercised many different techniques of new communication technology. The url for the video that was posted onto youtube could not be found so i was unable to upload it. The lost keys are now officially lost!

Week two lecture notes 04/08/10

Week two blog
This week the lecture was on film and screen and their techniques such as, the different types of shots and angles. There are many different types of shots very long shot, long shot, medium long shot, mid shot, medium close up, close up, big close up and extreme close up. There are different aspects of a story such as who? What? When? Where? How? and Why? These subjects of a story are explained through certain shots. In creating a story with different types of shots it is crucial to make sure that the shot gives the person the right amount of head room and is positioned to show the person as the center of the shot. It is important to take into account the rule of thirds and the 180 degree rule. The lecture taught me that there are many aspects to consider when creating a film in order for it to look effective and make sense to the audience.

Tutespark week one 02/08/10

Tutespark - week one
*How do we distinguish between old and new communication technologies? Under what circumstances will new communication technology become old communication technology?

* The way in which i beleive that we distinguish between old and new technologies is that old technologies were once new but now have been surpassed for a newer and more improved technology therefore making the previous technology be defined as old.

*The circumstances that cause new communication technologies to become old can be shown by an example. I use the example of television and radio, these were once new technologies and were beleived that they could not be improved any further.
*These devices have now been improved digitally which makes the traditional television and radio and old technology compared to the new digital revolution. The purposed of these devices are not used now the way that they were originally intended as old technologies, which was, radio was made to communicate directly to others and receive a reply. It is now mostly used for entertainment purposes.
*The television was also just used to broadcast entertainment and news programs. It now has many newer purposes such as it can act as a computer screen acess the internet, watch dvds, pause and record live tv with satelite and also there is a new technology of 3d tv which causes the older versions of tv to be surpased and classed as old.

Week one blog, 28/07/10

Lecture summary for new communication technology week one
* The definition of communication is a process that transfers and transmits or makes information known to other people.

*Inter subjectivity is a message being interpreted and changed as it is sent along e.g Chinese whispers =)

*The definition of intertextuality, no message is ever complete

*Convergence is where many different types of technologies and fused together to create a newer technologies, for example mobile phones that can also be used as cameras and for access to the internet. This is opposed to simply making calls and texting which is what they are originally intended for.

These are the many pieces of knowledge that i have gained for the week one tutorial.