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DUNEDIN SCHOOL OF ART

VISUAL ARTS CORE STUDIO 1 – D.I.G.I.T.A.L. L.I.T.E.R.A.C.Y

DIGITAL LITERACY WORKBOOK

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Wk Lecture Outline Lab Topic Checkpoint

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30th Mar

Can I Do that? Copyright and IP, inc. CC

Using info from the web legally (e.g. saving and attributing images), intellectual property issues, copyrights and permissions and their relationship to the internet.

Working through case studies., applying CC license to your blog.

-‐blog posts for each of the case studies

-‐have applied a cc license to your blog

Work through the bibliography on moodle (from the linked page in this week’s topic section) and follow the case studies below to develop your own view on copyright, and then make your cc attribution.

v CASE study 1: In 1976, ex-Beatle George Harrison was found guilty of copyright infringement for his hit single, "My Sweet Lord." Bright Tunes Music Corporation had obtained the copyright for the 1963 hit, "He's So Fine," which was written by Ronald Mack and originally performed by The Chiffons. Did George Harrison borrow his musical ideas from Mack's hit song? Judge for yourself.

Listen to the songs here: http://www.benedict.com/audio/Harrison/Harrison.aspx

And make the following assessment. Make notes in your blog as to what you think the case outcome should be.

RATING SYSTEM: 5=Exactly the same 4=Very similar 3=Somewhat alike 2=Barely the same 1=Not alike in any way

Melody: __________

Harmony/Chordal Structure: __________

Rhythm: __________

Tempo: __________

Lyrics: __________

Instruments: __________

1. How else are the two songs similar?_________________________ ________________________________________________________





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2. How are the two songs different? __________________________ _______________________________________________________

v CASE study 2: In 1987, artist Lebbeus Woods took a graphite pencil and created his vision of a chair. The chair is shown inside a large chamber with a high ceiling, mounted on a wall in front of a suspended sphere, and with a visibly jointed grid forming the floor and wall.

Universal Studios released the film 12 Monkeys in December of 1995. Bruce Willis plays the distraught time traveler, Joe. In the beginning of the movie, Joe is brought into the interrogation room and told to sit in a chair which is attached to a vertical rail on the wall. As Joe sits in the chair, it slides up the rail, suspending Joe helplessly several yards above the floor. A sphere supported by a metal armature is suspended directly in front of Joe, probing for weaknesses as the inquisitors interrogate him.

Read the case study and look at the drawing and the movie: http://www.benedict.com/Visual/Monkeys/Monkeys.aspx

Was this chair the same chair the Woods had drawn? Record your decision on your blog.

v CASE study 3: visit: Keir Smith http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6eHcQhUH7Q

Oh so criminal was created as a response to the Australian Government's (in particular the Attorney-General's office) "Fair Use and Other Copyright Exceptions: An examination of fair use, fair dealing and other exceptions in the Digital Age" Issues Paper, provided in May 2005. to quote: Some interest groups feel a copyright balance might be better maintained in a rapidly changing digital environment if the Copyright Act were to include an open-ended 'fair use' exception that would allow the courts to determine whether a particular use of copyright material is 'fair' and should be lawful. Others argue the present specific exceptions in the Act should be amended to make certain uses of copyright material lawful. Instead of writing a wordy submission to the Government Keir Smith decided to make an example of something that is currently illegal, but thinks should be covered by 'fair use'.

Write a discussion of Smith’s work on your blog. Do you think his work is ‘illegal’? should it be?





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v Your own copyright attribution: v Please do the following exercise from “Digital Foundations: Introduction to Media Design with the

Adobe Creative Suite” by xtine burrough and Michael Mandiberg http://www.wiki.digital-‐foundations.net/index.php?title=Chapter_2_Sandbox

v The Exercise is available at the above link and is cited thus: Digital Foundations: Intro to Media Design with the Adobe Creative Suite is published by New Riders/AIGA Design Press, and licensed under a Creative Commons (CC+ BY-‐NC-‐SA) license. This is the first Creative Commons contract issued by New Riders, their parent Peachpit, their grandparent company Pearson, or their great-‐grandparent company Prentice Hall.

1.1.2. Exercise 2: Searching for public domain and Creative Commons licensed content

Public domain images have no licensing restrictions. An image automatically enters the public domain when a copyright expires. As media corporations struggle to control their brands by repeatedly extending copyright terms, less content is able to enter the public domain. The irony is that copyright was introduced to protect authors from corporate power.

To find out more about Free Culture, public domain, and the Creative Commons, visit http://CreativeCommons.org or http://lessig.org. Lawrence Lessig is one of the founders of Creative Commons and the Free Culture movement. Several alternative licensing models exist, the most popular of which is the Creative Commons license. Creative Commons operates under the tagline “Some rights reserved,” and offers a range of licenses with varying degrees of control over whether derivative works and for-profit uses are allowed.

Wikimedia Commons (http://commons.wikimedia.org) and Flickr (http://flickr.com/creativecommons) focus partially or exclusively on public domain or Creative Commons licensed images. Wikimedia Commons is an archive of public domain and Creative Commons images. Much like Wikipedia, it is organized by historical subjects, and is collectively edited and maintained. Flickr is a photo sharing site that encourages the culture of sharing through many of its features, and many Flickr users license their photographs under Creative Commons.

1. Go to the Wikimedia Commons (http://commons.wikimedia.org) and search for Walter Gropius, the founding director of the Bauhaus.

2. View several of the images, and notice that the images are either in the public domain or licensed Creative Commons.





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3. Go to Flickr (http://flickr.com), click on Search and then click on Advanced Search.

4. Type in “Bauhaus,” and select Only search within Creative Commons-licensed photos. Everything in your search will be CC licensed, though not all will allow derivative works (for example, using the image in a collage) or commercial use.

5. Notice that all of the images in the search are organized by tags. A tag is a word or phrase used to categorize web content. In this case, many images have the tag “Bauhaus.”

6. Clicking on a tag will reveal the tag’s cluster page. Tip: You can also search for tags used by just yourself, groups, or everyone.

Types of Creative Commons licenses

Upon setting a Creative Commons license, the creator of the work decides if both commercial and noncommercial uses are allowed; if others are allowed to modify the work once it is licensed (derivative work); and, if derivative works are allowed, whether or not the newly modified work

also has to be licensed with CC (share alike).





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The six types of licenses and a very brief description of each follows. More information can be found on http://www.CreativeCommons.org. All CC licenses state that the original author will be given credit, in addition to the following details:

1. Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd). This license provides the least freedom to others. The work cannot be used for commercial purposes and derivative works cannot be made. It would be illegal to use this work as part of a collage.

2. Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike (by-nc-sa). This license allows others to build upon the original work.This work could legally be used in a collage as long as the new work is also licensed in the same manner, with a CC by-nc-sa.

3. Attribution Non-commercial (by-nc). This license allows others to build upon the original work without having to license it as a CC by-nc. This work could be used, legally, in a collage. However, the resulting work cannot be used for commercial purposes.

4. Attribution No Derivatives (by-nd). This license allows others to use the work as it is, without making derivative work, for any purpose (commercial or non-commercial).

5. Attribution Share Alike (by-sa). This license allows others to use the work as it is or in derivative forms, for commercial and noncommercial purposes, as long as the new work is also licensed with the same CC by-sa license.

6. Attribution (by). This license provides the most freedom to others who want to use the work.

Licensing your own work is easy on the Creative Commons web site. Once the author answers a few simple questions about how the work can be protected or shared, the licensing information is exchanged via e-mail.

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v Finally, 1. Download a legal image from the internet (i.e. if from Flickr – check it’s an image that

has a CC licence and that it is legal for you to use it.)

Save the image and then post it your blog, making sure you attribute it correctly, Write a short description of the licence the image falls under, and how you then are allowed to use it on your blog post.

2. Attach a Creative Commons Lisence to your own blog.

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