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Comment on Art in the age of the network and the mechanical by Janis

Janis — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 20:39:37 +0000

Thanks a lot for that extremely cool post.

Comment on ESCAPE ESCAPE ESCAPE ESCAPE (!help) IMPOSSIBLE by Kknight

Kknight — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 04:10:49 +0000

Great post, Alex.

Comment on ESCAPE ESCAPE ESCAPE ESCAPE (!help) IMPOSSIBLE by Sydnie

Sydnie — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:05:42 +0000

This post makes me sick to my stomach in so many ways. I find it quite frightening that Nash was crazy yet his princples held up and are still used in public relations (don’t call it propaganda). I agree that people are complex individuals but it’s scary how simply we are controlled. It makes me wonder how lasting social change can occur if we are too busy buying into what we are told is important, not knowing for ourselfs what is really important. I think this is why i see cars being repo’d all the time with ’22 rims. It’s preceived to be important that your car is on ’22 rims not that your car be paid off and not in danger of being repo’d by the bank for non-payment.

Comment on ESCAPE ESCAPE ESCAPE ESCAPE (!help) IMPOSSIBLE by npluim

npluim — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:04:06 +0000

Great post connecting concepts of Social Psychology with this weeks readings.

Comment on ESCAPE ESCAPE ESCAPE ESCAPE (!help) IMPOSSIBLE by Tameka

Tameka — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:34:07 +0000

Hey Alex,

Really thought provoking post. One very recent real life example that comes to mind of Panopticonic self-policing at work is the government shut-down of some 77 torents this weekend. Homeland Security literally siezed the torrent sites this past weekend, including at least one torrent search engine that wasn’t an actual torrent, in an effort to curb the distribution of pirated material as gifts. The actual shut down took place on none other than Black Friday. The very first thing I did when I read about it was text my cousin and tell her to get off Pirate Bay. I think the timing of the seizure was infinitely more far reaching than the seizure itself as all the torrent operators have to do is set up shop under a new URL. However the fear struck into the hearts of torrent users like myself and my friends, is long lasting. I think the timing says “WE ARE WATCHING!” in no uncertain terms. Even thouugh I personally have never downloaded anything copywrited, (and as far as I know neither has my cousin) I couldn’t help feeling as if I might get in trouble at any moment just by sheer association. So I’m a prisoner, who knew? Mom will be proud.

Great post!

Comment on Re-Mix Culture, copyright law. (Rip!) by Alan H. Rose

Alan H. Rose — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 19:59:10 +0000

Alex, I really enjoyed your blog post. Two things stuck out to me in particular. First, your sentence, “This is an attempt to scare people into abiding by laws that need to be re-evaluated for this digital time.” Although it is a tough subject, I have to agree. Scare tactics may work in certain situations but this doesn’t seem to be the appropriate place and time to use them. Also, when you were describing Girl Talk, it made me think of all the “remix” videos people have put together of now famous YouTube videos such as “David After the Dentist”, “Scarlett Takes a Tumble” and most recently “Bed Intruder, Antoine Dodson”. Are these also copyright infringement?

Comment on Re-Mix Culture, copyright law. (Rip!) by Kknight

Kknight — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 19:37:33 +0000

Preach it, Alex! Of course, the interesting twist is that the RIAA is no longer suing individuals and as of this week, the Department of Homeland Security is seizing domain names of P2P networks.

It’s a brutal strategy. Persecuted individuals raised public empathy. Persecuted torrents will likely only result in apathy.

Comment on Re-Mix Culture, copyright law. (Rip!) by Carol Welker

Carol Welker — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 06:07:27 +0000

Hi Alex…enjoyed your post. I think the issue involving the 30 year old mother was ridiculous. I think a stern letter would have been much more appropriate. I don’t agree with illegal downloading (artists have to make a living too), but the rights the courts are supporting are a little extreme.

Regarding Girl Talk…I honestly haven’t reached an opinion either way. On one hand I think he is definitely disregarding copyright laws, however on the other hand, he’s not really profiting so I don’t really see any harm in what he’s doing.

Comment on Re-Mix Culture, copyright law. (Rip!) by Samuel Lo

Samuel Lo — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:54:10 +0000

The purpose of copyright is to protect the creation and idea. But some corporations misuse the copyright law. Do you think it is the time to rethink the purpose of copyright law?

Comment on Re-Mix Culture, copyright law. (Rip!) by Sydnie

Sydnie — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 02:22:31 +0000

How come no one has commented on this post? This is a great post! I’m with you about copyright. The issue is that the mindset hasn’t caught up with the technology. The only thing the corp. see is dollars or lack of them so they think of the way they have dealt with this issue in the past. Sueing is an old method. It won’t stop people from downloading music nor will it stop people from making this new type of music. The RIAA should find a new way of making money because relying on copyright is a house built on sand.