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Wow! I really loved this article, is very interesting and very straight forward. I think Joe Nocera did a great job. Even though he seems very in favor of "fair use" I defenitely agree with his point. As many things do, copyright has deviated from its orginigal purpose: stimulate creativity. It is only for the profit nowadays, I myself recognize that if I ever think of having copy rights it would be so other people can't make profit out of it. Internet is a big contributor of this war. I call it war because all companies are constantly looking for the enemy stealing the work. I think we as as society need to be a lot more tolerant and open minded. Instead of everybody sueing, copyright law could be modified and have exceptions. I'm not saying giving work of others for free, but make exceptions for schools, personal use, or the use of small fragments. J.K Rowling does have the right over Harry Potter characters and everything invloving what she but the other content of the encycopedia came out of the other creator's head. Indeed this issue about copy rights is very complicated. But it is sad that for a teacher to show a song on the presentation about science or history a whole complex process needs to be performed. Companies should be aware that some people do not have the intention to steal their work but to get an ispiration from it. As we can see it on youtube, creativity is on it's maximum point. People get a space to express themselves, we need to be a little bit aware that this world is so globalized that ideas are flowing every second and that even though we need to respect we also have to be tolerant and contribute with each other.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
BLOG ASSIGNMENT #3
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This professor's point of view is really interesting. I that for most teachers in the world wikipedia is still not the best source. Michael Bess makes a very interesting approach. I could tell that he is a very open minded professor and he mentioned something very ture, if you can't fight it, join it. Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia that is famous worldwide and it is a true phenomenon. I think his main argument was how interesting, but at the same time how dull and stupid wikipedia could be. I agree what he said about Britanica Encyclopedia, I think that, not only this encyclopedia specifically, but all of them are only for a quick reference. A reminder of history with details. In order to discuss and analyze topics people's point of view is needed. Therefore, the very interesting thing about Wikipedia is that everyone can click on edit and refuse or enrich someone else's contribution.
There is nothing wrong with wikipedia as long as we try to keep it safe and real. It is part of the Web 2.0 revolution and it's becoming one of the best forums for people, like you and me, to express their knowledge. Wikipedia is a monster that I think there is no way to stop it. Education obviously should not adopt it as a main source, because there is a lot of wrong information in there. But, what I think would be interesting is to use Wikipedia as a tool for investigation and debate. The fear of the professors for Wikipedia should turn into an acceptance for an inevitable phenomenon.
Thanks.
This professor's point of view is really interesting. I that for most teachers in the world wikipedia is still not the best source. Michael Bess makes a very interesting approach. I could tell that he is a very open minded professor and he mentioned something very ture, if you can't fight it, join it. Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia that is famous worldwide and it is a true phenomenon. I think his main argument was how interesting, but at the same time how dull and stupid wikipedia could be. I agree what he said about Britanica Encyclopedia, I think that, not only this encyclopedia specifically, but all of them are only for a quick reference. A reminder of history with details. In order to discuss and analyze topics people's point of view is needed. Therefore, the very interesting thing about Wikipedia is that everyone can click on edit and refuse or enrich someone else's contribution.
There is nothing wrong with wikipedia as long as we try to keep it safe and real. It is part of the Web 2.0 revolution and it's becoming one of the best forums for people, like you and me, to express their knowledge. Wikipedia is a monster that I think there is no way to stop it. Education obviously should not adopt it as a main source, because there is a lot of wrong information in there. But, what I think would be interesting is to use Wikipedia as a tool for investigation and debate. The fear of the professors for Wikipedia should turn into an acceptance for an inevitable phenomenon.
Thanks.
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