Week 1 comment @ Tiffany (week 1 reading: copyright

Copyright- an creators protection (If you can create it, you can protect it)

This is one word that could get you in a lot of trouble if you are not careful. This week I learned that copyright goes beyond books, articles, and music but a dance could also be copyrighted. I remember in undergrad always trying to keep an account of everything I researched to get information for our big papers that we had in Music History. Copyright is not always a fun thing to do but at least once you really get it, you know what to do and what not to do. In writing a research paper, you must cite all of your sources so that it is very clear that some of the information you are using is not your own.

Certain citations have specific requirements. If you repeat a statement that you found in a book or article you have to cite the book and page that you got the quote from. Pretty much every quote that is not yours has to be cited with a page number and the author. This is only a certain citation system. I am a songwriter and I never thought about how important it was for an author or even a dance creator to protect their works.

I am glad that copyright allows you to protect what is yours, it is kind of like an alarm system for creators.

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1 comments:

Edwin Moy said...

Tiffany- I like how you address the how copyright can benefit you as an artist. Keeping your work safe for you can put your mind at ease. Including how you used the citations in your undergrad work is great to have your students understand that you are protecting them and not just requiring it to create extra work. I would like to hear your thoughts on the other readings like creative commons or how fair usage helps you as an artist as well. I like how you see the positive of copyright as many people find copyright frustrating.