You brought up something that has been bugging me for a couple of years that I didn't even consider in light of this material. I have asked many Brighthouse technicians why they have a slot for a Smartcard that cannot be used. I still have countless VHS tapes from my younger days (not to mention 8 mm video tapes and even a few reels). I love the ability to edit new media, but I do miss having a collection of recorded shows. We won't even talk about my cassette recordings of my favorite radio stations. If I ever get some "free" time (haha!) I plan to convert most of my older videos and cassettes into digital format. But, I do miss the old way of doing things, too.
Ok. So if you are Walt Disney....
AUTHOR lifetime + 70 (1901-1966 +75 = year 2041)
COMPANY 100 years (1930 +100 = year 2030)
If you are... or more accurately “were” Walt Disney your work would be covered from your death plus 75 years. If you consider the company Disney, which started say in the 1930’s, would you gain maybe another 20-30 years of copyright as a corporation run by the creator of the images? (The Author) Due to the “author” having a long life? (He died in 1966 gives the author until 2041.) A company organized in 1930 duration of copyright would be until 2030. Also what happens if the company reorganizes along the way does the copyrights get re-copyrighted?
Good Copy, Bad Copy Directed by JOHNSEN, CHRISTENSEN, MOLTKE
“New Art Form” - I have a few thoughts on some remarks made in Good Copy, Bad Copy. I don’t know that I am going to agree that the “New Art Form” is taking something and making “it” new. A different creation has evolved or developed from what was there and maybe even unrecognizable from it’s beginning sound, but it would not exist without the originals artistic or inartistic origin from the artist.
Other wise the same thing could have been created by their own hand using their own devices and instruments. “It” would not be “new” had it not been “old” to begin with.
Swedish Servers Controversy about privacy- In the section about the servers being taken down, then coming up again, and then a political movement being formed on the basis of privacy rights. The line about “keeping” communication details of phone and emails for 10 years does seem somewhat innocent enough, but if you consider the WWII history of these countries... their concerns begin to make sense. In WWII phone information was used to target what was interpreted as dissidents or undesirables that in many cases led to people disappearing in the night never to be seen again. Phone bills, in the recent past, of those regions did not contain phone numbers called information because of fears from the past. I don’t know if it is still true today.
My thoughts...
Something more Media Consumers might consider PLUS Betamax- At the same time the video presentations we watched are calling for access to works for use to create “new” works they did point to the unavailability of old materials as well. Even indicating that some legacies of media are disintegrating with no hope of preservation. I have noticed the TV sources becoming more and more closed. What I mean is the day of “recording” your favorite television show onto something that YOU can throw onto the shelf for your enjoyment later is slowly disappearing. (Really quickly less than 5 years.) Most VCRs sold today don’t record. You can dub to DVD but they don’t even have a tuner to freely record from a specific TV station. In many cases the DVRs that are available do not allow easy access for shows to be placed on alternate medium. It is almost like the 1980’s Betamax case is being erased....
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