Thursday, February 5, 2009

Week 3 Part 2

Links associated to our discussion on copyright and the Obama posters:

Fair Use "explained"

John Harrington's umpteenth post on the debate
HuffPo story about AP claiming copyright over Obama "HOPE" original image.

Discussion thread on Metro Mushrooms


NEW ADDITIONS:
*An interview with the artist that created the Hope poster and more Harrington.
*Ira Glass presentation on the best elements of storytelling.



Photosynth demo and speech video at TED

Denver Post article
with photo of dead gunman outside the governor's office that was run on the front page the next day, breaking policy of not having dead bodies on the front page. Here's the Wiki page.

Here's a Poynter Institute article discussing photo editing that is worth reading.
And another one discussing the Abu Ghraib photos and their use in news media.

Black Star Rising blog has an interesting comparison about copyright infringement to speeding in a car.
And as a side note on copyright here's an interesting posting about how broadband has changed the game for Hollywood. This will certainly effect the future of copyright and intellectual property.

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