Blog Post 12: Fair Practice

Should all videos on the internet have copy-rights? I don't  believe they should. If you are an artist, tutorial maker, or make some sort of art/performance, I believe that is yours to own. If you upload a meme, then that meme is essentially open sourced. I don't think people should get upset when people remix their memes, that is the intent of them. I come from a software background where sharing open-source code is the bread and butter of programming. People make algorithms, softwares, music that we can all enjoy and pay if we think it's worth paying for. This model is what I believe is essential to survive in the digital age. If you want to sell your product, get on youtube, make a paid for website or whatever you think is necessary. If you upload something on to the internet, don't be surprised when people take it and use it for their own intent.

I make music and sampling is one of my bread and butters, I think sampling should be allowed on a large scale. There is of course rules you need to follow but if anything sampling just makes people check out the original source giving them more traffic.

Iron Maiden not to long ago had a tour that went to towns where they were most torrented and sold out every show. This to me shows a progressive mindset everyone should take on.

(2008) Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online video. Center for Social Media

Blog Post 11: Re-conceptualizing the Digital Divide

Forcing digital advancement on a society isn't always a positive thing. An example listed in the article is Ireland. They disrupted perfectly good social-programs for the progress. I think this is a good example for what the insertion of smart phones and social media into children's life has had negative actions. If you go into a public space, you hardly see anyone looking up. Everyone's in their phones, existing in a realm completely outside of reality. The next counter-culture will be the anti-tech movement. People will choose to disconnect entirely from social media and live in the moment..

I think the adding of technology into certain industries makes sense. You can save a lot of money using digital film over using Kodak film. The downside is it isn't always the same as their analog counterparts. Vinyl vs CD is a good example. I prefer vinyl but that's not always the easiest way listen to music so I will play digital if I need to.

It seems like these forced up-dates in society can cause people to transition with-out thinking of what they might miss. We see a large push in people going to retro gaming, music, etc. It's been happening for the last 10 years with Vinyl, pixel art and camera film coming back.

I think we will see the push back happen more and more as we go on.


Warschauer, Mark. “Reconceptualizing the Digital Divide.” First Monday, firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/viewArticle/967/888.

Carvin, Andy. 1's and 0's: Mind the Gap: The Digital Divide as the Civil Rights Issue of the New Millennium, The Benton Foundation.