Assignment Draft.

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

Review?
Intro - Open with copyright concept why and who, sharing of material historically and the need for balance between sharing and copyright. Introduction of CC. Who, how, when. 200-250 words

Body - How CC works and the layout.
Benefits positive and negative comparisons, individual artists, industry, society. Show relationship to legal and illegal uses, advancement of material through CC format -restriction through traditional C, CC or copyright keeping up with modern global world and technology? Comparison articles. Include examples. 600-650 words

Conclusion. summarize main points. 200-250 words



http://creativecommons.org/videos/get-creative provides a video of what creative commons is and how it was formed. On this page a pictorial representation of a creative common license is shown. Also a link is provided to a human-readable summary of the Legal Code (the full license).

http://www.dlib.org/dlib/february06/vandergraaf/02vandergraaf.html

http://www.copycense.com/2009/08/is_creative_commons_good_for_copyright.html

http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol13/issue1/kim.html

http://sciencecommons.org/projects/publishing/


Work so far






Ref: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDMtahkHCmo&feature=related created by Ben9gn, June 26, 2007.

Why show this clip? What is the point?
The ability of a designer to share his material in our society has gone through various transitions since the beginning of time. Creation of the wheel, fire, tools and weapons, these things evolved through the sharing and collaboration of ideas. Our modern society expanded and changed this concept into our current method of bartering for ideas, products and skills. Different cultures exists with separation in politics, values and norms. Whether an individual or collective culture the western method of protecting ideas and products has become an accepted legal system in or world. Methods such as copyright or patenting are put into place and variations to the products are considered illegal.

Copyright by definition, as viewed 11 Oct. 10 on Dictionary.com “is the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 50 years after his or her death.” In recent years the copyright method has been challenged and adjusted to suit the needs of a ever changing technological world of creators that stimulate idea growth by drawing on and adapting previous works. This has been made possible through the creation of creative commons (CC), a non profit organisation that has made the adaptation of creative material possible under this form of copyright agreement, as show in the Ben9gn (2007) twilight clip altered for Sci-Fi channel then again by an individual under the CC rules.

The URL http://creativecommons.org/videos/get-creative provides a video of what creative commons is and how it was formed. On this page a pictorial representation of a creative common license is shown. Also a link is provided to a human-readable summary of the Legal Code (the full license).

The licenses available as displayed in the URL: http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/ are below.

1. Attribution (cc by), “this license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. This is the most accommodating of licenses offered, in terms of what others can do with your works licensed under Attribution.”
A creative common news letter provides an example shown on url: http://www.scribd.com/doc/4911579/CC-Newsletter-8-official-PDf viewed 12 Oct, 2010.

2. Attribution Share Alike (cc by-sa), ability to fabricate and adjust material for commercial reasons, with appropriate credit to creator and same license applied to the all new copies. In URL: http://www.jamendo.com/en/download/album/69025 a downloadable album is available within the cc by-sa licenses parameters.

3. Attribution No Derivatives (cc by-nd), “this license provides redistribution, commercial and non-commercial, as long as it is passed along unchanged and in whole, with credit to you.” The URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_t_in_dc/ has several examples of material protected under this license.

This image was downloaded on the 10 Oct, 2010. License Some rights reserved by Mr. T in DC for this image.

4. Attribution Non-Commercial (cc by-nc), this license variant allows others to alter your work non-commercially, but while acknowledging you there is no requirement to license their version on the same terms.





This clip was downloaded 12 Oct. 2010, made available by liadon666 on Jan 10, 2007.

5. Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike (cc by-nc-sa), ability to fabricate and adjust material for non-commercial reasons, with appropriate credit to creator and same license applied to the all new copies. Others can then access and share your work just like the by-nc-nd license, while additionally having ability to make variations to and re- productions of your work. New compositions created based on original material must incorporate the identical license, and continue to be non-commercial.

6. Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (cc by-nc-nd), “This license is the most restrictive of our six main licenses, allowing redistribution. This license is often called the “free advertising” license because it allows others to download your works and share them with others as long as they mention you and link back to you, but they can’t change them in any way or use them commercially.”

Week 9 Tute

We know start touching on the assignment topics and what the plan is for achieving this task.

I think I will go with topic two; Explain what Creative Commons is and, using examples, show how it is different to other forms of copyright.

I believe I can engage in this topic and achieve good comparison between creative common and other forms of copyright techniques.
I have found that i notice CC in material allot more readily now that I am aware of it. Also I am grateful for the knowledge that within the confines of this form of copyright, I can legally and successfully utilize material for personal reasons while recognizing the creators.

Creative commons was one of the more memorable and useful pieces of information I have learned throughout this course. Maybe not the most exciting or thought provoking but something I can apply to my life for future need, additional benefits are that I can make others aware.

Week 9 Lecture

Cyberpunk and William Gibson lecture

Touched on the cyberpunk concept in week 8 tutorial.

Week 8 Lecture

Week 8 - Virtual Philosophy

WTF?

I found this lecture out there! What was going on - I spoke with Daniel after saying I liked what he was talking about, I get it, but I don't know why!

Week 8 Tute.

Tutespark

Negative Impact of technology on humanity: In a cyberpunked near-future, technology runs rampant, and usually manipulates most societal interactions. Dystopian near futures are very common, but so are futures where the impacts of specific technologies are played out in a world only slightly different from the present. Sacred societal boundaries are often crossed with regularity. Often the earth is severely damaged. Crime and drug use are often key supporting themes.

http://www.cyberpunkwiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=What_is_Cyberpunk%3F defines cyberpunk as:
Cyberpunk is about expressing (often dark) ideas about human nature, technology and their respective combination in the near future.

Positive influence of technology on humanity include medical advancement, industry and space exploration the following URL is an example
http://www.helium.com/items/1400653-robots-robotics-asimov-science-fiction-and-robotics-turing
Cyberpunk moves more towards the fictional or creative concept of the effects on humanity, similar to Jules Vern in his era.

http://www.rhizomes.net/issue8/powley.htm quote " In her latest book, Representations of the Post/Human: Monsters, Aliens and Others in Popular Culture, Elaine L. Graham explores the question of what it means to be human by examining the role of the "other" in narrative, myth, and pop culture. This "other" may be Mary Shelly's monster from Frankenstein, Star Trek's android, Data, or a cyborg played by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the Terminator."
The concept of negative influences of technology are discussed or illustrated in many sci fi genre as indicated in the above quote.

Another example is shown in the movie lawnmower man, the contrasts demonstrated between technology and the impact on humanity exciting to consider. This as a work of fiction made for a entertaining story, but when looking at modern developments in technology both positive and negative impacts can easily be perceived in relation to humanity. Conciser war, industry, medical etc.

Week 7 lecture

The lecture this week was on creative commons, the concept of individual licenses that are not as restrictive as copyright.
The idea is to support community growth and collaboration of ideas, shared creations and encouragement to use material owned by individuals willing to loosen their rights around their creation while still maintaining ownership.
Going back to the grass roots of community in terms of the internet and the interaction between users and materials. Furthermore, there was an extension into the free software movement and how it relates to the individuals with sharing of skills, ideas, creations adn acknowledgement of those that own and share material.

Week 7 Tutespark

Week 7 Tutespark

Try some free software - good examples which are free and easy to download are: Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, Gimp, Audacity, amsn, pidgin, etc.

Try to use it exclusively for a few days - then decide whether you like it or not! Say why/why not.

I have used AGP anti-virus for a long time, this is free updates regularly and is easy to use. I have not found any issue with it and am happy to use it.
I also use VLC as a media plying software, it covers most current codex and displays the media i wish with no difficulty, I tell all my geek friends and we enjoy the ability to download it when and where it is required.
Also I have Firefox on my desktop I have used this browser for a number of years, I find it easier than explorer and it is more reliable, as it does not experience errors and closures that i have found.

Tutorial Task Week 7

Research and provide short answers to the following questions. Provide references where applicable.

1. What is creative commons and how could this licensing framework be relevant to your own experience at university?
This site http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ explains the concept and shows the characteristics of creative commons licenses. An example is

Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

I believe being made aware of creative common licencing will allow me to use products to best effect within the legal system and help me in achieving results required for any task. That is, I can find items that will help me show what i desire through using shared creations that I have the right to legally use while acknowledging the creator, also this method will not costing me financially.

2. Find 3 examples of works created by creative commons and embed them in your blog.

1) The following YouTube clip is under the CC licience. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA



2) This site http://search.creativecommons.org/# linked to http://www.archive.org/details/the-last-man-on-earth

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Based on the chilling Richard Matheson science fiction Classic "I am Legend" and later remade as "The Omega Man" starring Charlton Heston. This classic features Vincent Price as scientist Robert Morgan in a post apocalyptic nightmare world. The world has been consumed by a ravenous plague that has transformed humanity into a race of bloodthirsty vampires. Only Morgan proves immune, and becomes the solitary vampire slayer.


This movie is part of the collection: Sci-Fi / Horror

Director: Ubaldo Ragona
Audio/Visual: Mono, Black and White
Keywords: horror; Sci-Fi; Drama
Contact Information: http://shortfilms.tk/

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

3)A down loadable book on this site http://thepiratesdilemma.com/download-the-book at the bottom of the link the CC is clearly visible.

3. Find an academic article which discusses creative commons using a database or online journal. Provide a link to and a summary of the article.

I read over this article at http://www.dlib.org/dlib/february06/vandergraaf/02vandergraaf.html
I felt it a good idea to include the abstract as this shows the relationship to the creative common licensing subject.

D-Lib Magazine February 2006 Volume 12 Number 2 ISSN 1082-9873 Copyright Issues in Open Access Research Journals The Authors' Perspective
	Esther Hoorn University of Groningen, Faculty of Law Maurits van der Graaf Pleiade Management & Consultancy

Abstract This article presents results of a survey undertaken as part of a series of work packages under a joint initiative by JISC and SURF to explore the attitudes of authors in the UK and the Netherlands towards Open Access. The Open Access environment has created a number of entirely new copyright models, which stand in contrast to the traditional academic journals in which the copyright has to be transferred from the author(s) to the journal publisher. The following emerging copyright models in OA journals were identified: a model in which the author keeps the copyright: this was preferred by nearly half of the respondents two models in which the author shares the copyright (with Creative Commons licences): these were preferred by nearly a third of the respondents a model in which the author transfers only the exploitation rights to the journal publisher: this was preferred by a small minority. These and other results seem to reflect a desire on the part of academics to change the balance of rights within copyright between authors and publishers in scholarly communication journals. Libraries and academic institutes are already taking part in the scholarly communication copyright debate and could use these results to align their positions with the academics' views.

4. Have a look at Portable Apps (a pc based application) – provide a brief description of what it is and how you think this is useful.

Week 6 Tutespark

Who owns the content you put on the internet on various sites?

This includes pictures, video, text, etc?

Think about all the content you upload onto social networking sites - Do you own it?

Who has the right to use your creations?

Week 6 tute

Tutorial in week 6
Our initial thoughts were to create a false or fictitious illegal trafficking agenda of snakes into NZ. We discussed the concept with our tutor, who provided an alternate angle, to make it from the negative perspective, being against the issue of snake smuggling to NZ, work on creating a moral stance. This in our view is more sellable to media as news.
Our stance should be developed as a facebook page, engaging a large group through this form of social networking.
Through this media the un-substantiated evidence might be easier to promote and reinforcing the moral issue to like minded people or groups. The hope is to expand the groups following quickly.
We created a group identity via a fake profile and email account. Next we created the account event. The event is early oct at Broadbeach we hope this will give as a reasonable amount of time to get some response that we can email a request to a radio station for support in marketing the events. Therefore making the news public through radio.
We searched pictures for effect and posted them into the facebook account for impact.

Last week’s lecture discussed the virtual community and individual identity concepts. How we meet others with like interests or associations. We use these new versions of the internet or better, strategies to engage and communicate as individuals.
This social and cultural communication supports the community and collaboration aspects explained during this lecture.
The ability of people to read/write allows us as individuals to contribute to social media such as facebook, youtube etc.
These websites that offer social networking are a double edged sword, they have the ability to engage public through broaden networks nationally and internationally, increasing marketing access to individuals and access to global feedback on goods and services, technology etc.
Several down sides exist, some of these discussed both in lecture and the tutorial includes identity theft and the rights of personal information posted in accounts or into these interactive sites. Additional problems include cyber bullying in various forms.