Wednesday, March 30, 2011
How English Is English Football
This was my campaign video on football. I decided to choose this subject because i am a big fan and due to me supporting arsenal this has been a constant question arising through out the years.
I decided to a interview style video as i wanted to get my point across more and also interview my little cousin. Overall i think the video works well and looks good, however i feel it is slightly too long but that probably just because i've watched it so many times.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Copyright Debate.
We were asked to have a debate on the subject of copyrighting and the laws surrounding it. Dividing the class in to two groups one being for and other against. My group was chosen to against copyright laws, which suited me quite fine considering I always download.
So it was are groups task to come up with all the reasons why there shouldn’t be copyright laws on the opposition to do the other. Are group came up with many strong ideas for what we was backing. Are points were that due to all the upcoming new technology hardware and software it will always be possible to download content of the internet. With examples being how early illegal peer to peer sharing sites were shut down such as Napster. However with one going another one appears being Kazaa and this trend just goes on and on. Also as of late you no longer need to download software, which sometimes can lead to viruses, but now you can simply use websites that convert any youtube video to an mp3 and store straight to your hard drive. So with this it shows how the form of illegal downloading (music) cannot be stopped and that something is always there to suit your downloading need. But of course the opposition tried to come up with some drastic idea that people caught should be banned from using the internet which is totally not possible.
Another idea that we came up with was that many people that do download music do it for a taster to see if they like a new artist. By doing this it leads to these people going to gigs and also buying other merchandise from this artist so in a sense many artists receive most of their money from concerts and merchandise so with people allowed to download one or two songs it leads to more money for the artist.
The oppositions counter argument to this was by showing us some over the top video by kid rock about downloading is the same as grand theft auto which our group just laughed at. But after this I must say they came up with a very good idea that when you do download a artists music of the internet you should donate the money you think the song is worth they came up with an example but ive completely forgot which group it was. Other ideas they came up with is that people have been caught downloading and fined for this and been made an example off, also that pirate DVDs can lead to the funding of illegal crime around the world.
The grey area around this point is that so many things are considered to be illegal regarding copyright laws. Such as if I borrow someone a CD I have just bought or give someone my hard drive, to name a few all of these happen in most households so should all these people be fined for breaking the copyright laws. NO.
In the end both groups actually came to a resolution which was a shock to be honest. We thought that the copyright laws should be re-read and written as they were to out of date and that way too many things are considered to be copyright. The oppositions idea was that people who do download should pay like a monthly or weekly subscription so that they can download some content of the internet and also that you should donate money depending on what you think the song is worth.
So it was are groups task to come up with all the reasons why there shouldn’t be copyright laws on the opposition to do the other. Are group came up with many strong ideas for what we was backing. Are points were that due to all the upcoming new technology hardware and software it will always be possible to download content of the internet. With examples being how early illegal peer to peer sharing sites were shut down such as Napster. However with one going another one appears being Kazaa and this trend just goes on and on. Also as of late you no longer need to download software, which sometimes can lead to viruses, but now you can simply use websites that convert any youtube video to an mp3 and store straight to your hard drive. So with this it shows how the form of illegal downloading (music) cannot be stopped and that something is always there to suit your downloading need. But of course the opposition tried to come up with some drastic idea that people caught should be banned from using the internet which is totally not possible.
Another idea that we came up with was that many people that do download music do it for a taster to see if they like a new artist. By doing this it leads to these people going to gigs and also buying other merchandise from this artist so in a sense many artists receive most of their money from concerts and merchandise so with people allowed to download one or two songs it leads to more money for the artist.
The oppositions counter argument to this was by showing us some over the top video by kid rock about downloading is the same as grand theft auto which our group just laughed at. But after this I must say they came up with a very good idea that when you do download a artists music of the internet you should donate the money you think the song is worth they came up with an example but ive completely forgot which group it was. Other ideas they came up with is that people have been caught downloading and fined for this and been made an example off, also that pirate DVDs can lead to the funding of illegal crime around the world.
The grey area around this point is that so many things are considered to be illegal regarding copyright laws. Such as if I borrow someone a CD I have just bought or give someone my hard drive, to name a few all of these happen in most households so should all these people be fined for breaking the copyright laws. NO.
In the end both groups actually came to a resolution which was a shock to be honest. We thought that the copyright laws should be re-read and written as they were to out of date and that way too many things are considered to be copyright. The oppositions idea was that people who do download should pay like a monthly or weekly subscription so that they can download some content of the internet and also that you should donate money depending on what you think the song is worth.
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