Friday, February 11, 2011
Copyright Assignment
This video, posted by espnchris (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET_5cx02Bwg&feature=related) is both a good and bad example of something that is copyrighted and should be cited on the internet.
If you follow the link to the actually Youtube page, you see a note from espnchris explaining that all of the logos are backwards because he couldn't get copyright permission from the NFL to post something online using their copyrighted images. Thus, espnchris does a good job in altering the image so that it is different enough that it doesn't break copyright (I think...I'm still a little unclear if copyright is still violated if the image/video/music is altered).
Unfortunately, espnchris gives no credit to Saturday Night Light, NBC (SNL's home network), or nbc.com, which is where this clip was pulled from. There is a severe lack of proper citation in this delectable posting.
Also unfortunate is the fact that I am breaking copyright because this video is more than 3 minutes long. Could we please go over in class how to shorten videos so we can show parts of them without violating copyright? I will definitely take this video down after this class is completed.
It would also be nice to discuss how to properly cite cross-internet sources. Whenever I post a video clip on my Facebook wall, is that violating copyright?
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ReplyDeleteGreat thinking, Johanna! You've done a lot of thinking about copyright here. I think we already talked about most of your concerns here. I will talk to Professor West about learning how to shorten youtube videos, though --- even though you don't have to do that for copywriter, I think that would be a good skill to go over as a class!
ReplyDeleteJohanna, good questions. You are not breaking copyright because you are only showing less than 10% of the entire SNL show. The Youtube user only posted 10%, and you are still only showing less than 10%. Think of it this way: you might make a 10-minute clip of a documentary for your class, which is legal, put it on a DVD, and then give it to the teacher down the hall. All legal, as long as it is less than 10% of the whole documentary.
ReplyDeleteWhat you said about citing the original source (SNL) is true, though.
If you do want to edit a Youtube Video, I would download it (google "download youtube video" to find different ways to do this) and then edit it in iMovie ... which we will learn this week. Yay!