Karen Sigmon, robbery is a great way to view this. I agree
that our government is operating without boundaries and common sense and they
are also robbing our students of their ability to learn and we the people are
going to suffer the consequences.
As far as feeling compelled to break the law, I agree with
you. It gets so complicated and convoluted that you just give up and do what
you think is right, fair and just. That takes some justification but I think we
are correct. Let’s hope that in the future we won’t have to ponder this
question and lose time and energy over our decisions. We will just have the
freedom to create a new form of art or expression and expose our students to
those displays so that they may continue the stream of imagination.
Here is an irony, as we are studying copyright, I lose my
Internet signal. Do I have a moral dilemma right now? A storm came through the
area and I have lost my Internet providers signal. They are working on it but
it has now been 24 hours. I must have the Internet because of this class. It is
the weekend, I have no alternate access to the Internet until I get to school
and then I need to hope that where I want to go is not blocked.
As I try to create a connection I have a drop down menu that
allows me to see who else around me has a signal and if it is blocked or not. I
can’t access the ones that are blocked, but can I, should I connect to an open
signal. At one point I did not block my signal because I didn’t mind sharing. I
do now because of security. Is it okay for me to connect? Is that other person
forward thinking and sharing, like I once did, or are they ignorant of how to
block? Am I then taking advantage of them? Are they allowing me?
Because I have a high need now and the reality of a
deadline, I am choosing “to ride the wave”, and catch that neighbors signal,
that’s what neighbors are for anyway, right? Since it only works outside, I
also hope it doesn’t rain.
When did society get so complex? Or was it always that way and
I blissfully never noticed? Or, is it EMDT’s fault? After all, they have opened
my mind up to so many things.
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Auntie Siggy
After viewing the video on the soon-to-be-lost pieces of
history because of exorbitant copyright expenses, I am rendered
speechless. I think of how often I've shown Dr. King's Free at Last
speech to my 2nd and 3rd grade class and I am incensed at the thought of NOT
being able to do that because the powers that be want to collect hundreds upon
hundreds of thousands of dollars to copyright it. It's robbery. My
students, many of whom are black, are going to lose yet ANOTHER part of their
history, because another well-intentioned (governmental?) agency has been
allowed to operate without boundaries (or even a little common sense) and we
the people, are going to suffer the consequences.
I may be in the minority, but it just makes me want to break the law, just out of spite. Am I the only one who thinks in this deviant manner? I hate thinking about the fact that one day (in the not-so-distant-future), it may come to choosing lawlessness just to educate my students (and children). And in some cases, it stems from greed. The selfishness of people never ceases to amaze me. Don't get me wrong. I understand and firmly believe that copyright laws are meant to secure and guarantee that the "form" of someone's idea needs to be protected, but I also believe that we need to exercise some kind of common sense, and that is where we have fallen off the wagon and let wisdom fall by the wayside. There needs to be a balance.
Unfortunately, unless something is done to stop the madness, it will only continue to spiral out of control and before long, we won't be listening or watching (or dancing - who knew?) to anything that isn't our OWN idea because the copyright laws will be so ridiculous that no one will be able to afford to produce any type of work due to the burden of copyright.
This certainly has me thinking. I'm sensing some action needs to be taken here and I'm going to think about what my role will be in taking it.
I may be in the minority, but it just makes me want to break the law, just out of spite. Am I the only one who thinks in this deviant manner? I hate thinking about the fact that one day (in the not-so-distant-future), it may come to choosing lawlessness just to educate my students (and children). And in some cases, it stems from greed. The selfishness of people never ceases to amaze me. Don't get me wrong. I understand and firmly believe that copyright laws are meant to secure and guarantee that the "form" of someone's idea needs to be protected, but I also believe that we need to exercise some kind of common sense, and that is where we have fallen off the wagon and let wisdom fall by the wayside. There needs to be a balance.
Unfortunately, unless something is done to stop the madness, it will only continue to spiral out of control and before long, we won't be listening or watching (or dancing - who knew?) to anything that isn't our OWN idea because the copyright laws will be so ridiculous that no one will be able to afford to produce any type of work due to the burden of copyright.
This certainly has me thinking. I'm sensing some action needs to be taken here and I'm going to think about what my role will be in taking it.
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