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Breaking the law by watching a movie - copyright issue

Copyright 

is the reason why we cannot watch bootleg movies, listen pirated music, etc. It is such a controversial issue because there are a lot of people who disrespect copyright and consume pirated things. Musicians, filmmakers, authors, etc, are making money from their works. That’s why they are so sensitive about copyright matters.

Let’s just put it in another context. If you’re working as a waitress, doctor, lawyer, accountant, shop assistant, etc – you would like to receive your full salary, right? It’s very very very unusual if you can just sit and relax if your payment is being cut - even if you’re still very rich after the cut. Imagine living in a penthouse when you could have been living in a castle. It is the same thing with copyright. Buying a pirated DVD is an action of cutting those filmmakers’ earnings.

Honestly, I am also a pirate consumer. I’m actually writing this to encourage myself to stop consuming pirates. If in the future I become a filmmaker, my heart would be broken if 10 million people watch the pirated DVD of my movie. I’d rather give them the film for free.


No I’m just kidding.


What I’m curious about is… Youtube and copyright. There are lots and lots and lots, I mean, LOTS of movies and music and even comic books on Youtube, which means the access to piracy has become bigger. Youtube is actually a pro copyright and there are lots of videos that have been deleted or muted by Youtube. This is nigahiga’s response to copyright:



It’s controversial and confusing for me, this Youtube and copyright thing because Youtube can't just remove every video that doesn't have copyright. It may have a positive side, free promotion, like nigahiga said. But still… you know…

Here is where you can find complete information about copyright definition, laws, and cases.

Tell me your comments. :)



P.S.
This is just a little addition for my previous post, because I didn’t justify one important point:

Citizen journalists have to follow journalism ethics as well.

That’s really important guys, it’s a matter of ‘trust’ and ‘honor’ (quoting from my reading by Dan Gillmor.)

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Citizen journalism

Citizen journalism is a form of public journalism where unprofessional people are involving in reporting the news. Blog is one of the examples of citizen journalism. It could be written, accessed, and commented by anybody. (See blogs in plain English to know more about how blog works.)

Because this form of communication is not interested in money, the news content is often un-mainstream. There are a lot of people who create funny blogs or discuss funny things on Youtube. These guys discuss light, daily issues on Youtube and they have become really famous on the internet; Kev Jumba, mychonny, nigahiga, what the buck, and community channel. They are ‘internet celebrities’.



There are also some negative sides of citizen journalism. One of them is the decrease of objectivity in the news. Professionals are supporting this notion and they believe that only professional journalists could understand and follow the journalism ethics.

To read an article of citizen journalism and journalism ethics, click here.


Furthermore, citizen journalism gives us benefit to utter what we feel important to be told to the world. It is also a two way communication form because we can receive other people’s comments about our news. It is an advantage that today’s technology has given us and it will be very useful for our society if we could use it wisely to enhance our society’s knowledge.
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