Media Literacy: Making Sense Of New Technologies And Media by George Siemens - Apr 4 09
April 4th, 2009Copyright issues, the online collaboration tools map, visual search engines, and the crisis of newspapers are just some of the fascinating topics of this new issue of Media Literacy Digest by George Siemens.
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The pointers about copyright are particularly worth mentioning. Intellectual property is a serious issue in Web 2.0 era. Each time you publish something on the Internet you consciously put yourself at risk of someone stealing your content.
Creative Commons licenses try to solve the problem where traditional copyright fails. But it’s still a long way to go before you can protect your work and sleep well at night.
An example? Recently Lee LeFever of Common Craft lamented some of their copyrighted material (an explanatory video for Twitter) was used in mainstream media without any permission granted nor attribution to the original authors. The work in question is licensed under a non-commercial, no-derivatives CC license.
As George Siemens sadly points out:
“Copyright and intellectual property is a mess. And it’s not getting better in the near future. Creating and sharing resources works well when it’s with a network of individuals who value reciprocity.“
If you want to make sense of how new technologies are changing our society, and the impact new media have on the educational landscape, this weekly Media Literacy Digest provides you with pointers, facts and resources to help you analyze the important changes we are undergoing.
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