Lecture
This weeks lecture we watched Steal This Film 2, which was about the film industry and how it has evolved. It speaks about how copyright was produced and how its has effected the way films and other items are distributed. Another topic it discusses is the invention of the VCR, DVD and MP3 players, the VCR was considered a terrible invention by those involved in the film industry as it distributed movies. The basic television cable was also considered piracy as it was recreating the original tape from the studio. There are many other topics covered in this movie like if the product is on the internet shouldnt it be able to be downloaded and that once an item is put on the internet it spreads so quickly it is nearlly impossible to stop its spreading. Finally it speaks that while fighting file sharing they are really fighting the concepts of the internet.
Tutorial
Blog catch up and tutorial discussion.
Readings
This weeks reading was entitled When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide which was based on the music industry and how they make money. The reading spoke about how much money is wasted on miscellanious items that arent needed to produce or distribute music for example. dinners, holidays, flights and so on. It spoke about how to fill an new version of an ipod with legal music it would cost approximately $30,ooo when in contrast you can get it for free. He speaks about the concept that most cd's are created just to gain money for music business executives and in most cases not necessary to distribute music, a band who is considered mainstream for example"fall out boy" who have had several releases of there cd "infinity on high" even thought band members have stated that a re-release was not necessary. From that he suggests that if you like a band who is mainstream instead of buying there cd's buy there merch or tickets to there show, start a street team something that supports the band but not the greedy record executives. This will allow illegal downloading but still allow a band to make a profit and connect with there fans not there fans hip pockets.
This weeks lecture we watched Steal This Film 2, which was about the film industry and how it has evolved. It speaks about how copyright was produced and how its has effected the way films and other items are distributed. Another topic it discusses is the invention of the VCR, DVD and MP3 players, the VCR was considered a terrible invention by those involved in the film industry as it distributed movies. The basic television cable was also considered piracy as it was recreating the original tape from the studio. There are many other topics covered in this movie like if the product is on the internet shouldnt it be able to be downloaded and that once an item is put on the internet it spreads so quickly it is nearlly impossible to stop its spreading. Finally it speaks that while fighting file sharing they are really fighting the concepts of the internet.
Tutorial
Blog catch up and tutorial discussion.
Readings
This weeks reading was entitled When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide which was based on the music industry and how they make money. The reading spoke about how much money is wasted on miscellanious items that arent needed to produce or distribute music for example. dinners, holidays, flights and so on. It spoke about how to fill an new version of an ipod with legal music it would cost approximately $30,ooo when in contrast you can get it for free. He speaks about the concept that most cd's are created just to gain money for music business executives and in most cases not necessary to distribute music, a band who is considered mainstream for example"fall out boy" who have had several releases of there cd "infinity on high" even thought band members have stated that a re-release was not necessary. From that he suggests that if you like a band who is mainstream instead of buying there cd's buy there merch or tickets to there show, start a street team something that supports the band but not the greedy record executives. This will allow illegal downloading but still allow a band to make a profit and connect with there fans not there fans hip pockets.
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