Music should be FREE! In this age, the emphasis is profit and not artistic out put. Reasons why art is dying is because money is killing it. Price Tags should not be given to music, music is meant to be shared.
The government is obviously on the side of these big corporations. Lobbyist spend years getting them on their side. So what are normal people who want free music turn too? "Illegal File Sharing" People are being pushed to the black market of music, because it cost to damn much to buy a CD or pay i-tunes.
Many so called artist like Metallic have lost their minds siding with the big record companies. Are they really trying to put people in jail for wanting to listen to thier favorite song. Fans dedicate their lives to the promotion of these artist, and you want to sue them or put them in jail.
They say it's stealing. But hell if i could i would steal from all these big companies i would, because they just want to make money out of me.
I think little independent artist who realize that they could make a profit by just giving their music away and letting the their music take care of them, have got it down.
Not only is the record industry trying to stop p2p sharing they also want to put a hold on the technology that is being developed to make p2p more accommodating.
I believe that music should be free. They are made to be listened to. Companies dont have the right to say that they are being exploited by people who just want to listen to thier jams. Big companies are the ones trying to exploit 'the people',
Free the Music.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
The New Media
The digitization of film is introduced to our society because of the advancement in technology. As a film maker it has enhanced my life. I can ow go shot and edit film using my own equipment. I think that having all this new media just make is less exclusive to become a recording artist or a film maker. Now the whole world participates. People who art stay at home moms, constructions workers, doctors can all be armature artist. I think that people just want to connect with other people because more and more people feel isolated from their surroundings
Problem is old art forms such as shooting on Film begin to die. Its complicated to decide what is important. Should we as a society cling on to the past or move forward in the future. Answer is, perhaps we should just stand still, and appreciate living in a time and age where both genres are interacting and debating.
Problem is old art forms such as shooting on Film begin to die. Its complicated to decide what is important. Should we as a society cling on to the past or move forward in the future. Answer is, perhaps we should just stand still, and appreciate living in a time and age where both genres are interacting and debating.
Debate on net nuetrality!
It all so confusing. In going to the websites sugested on the reading list, i was confused by all the propaganda. From what i gather the big debate is allowing the government take control of the internet. Who is really fighting for the people and their rights??
Save the internet: They say that big companies should not be able to control how fast people acess certain sights over the others. In thier streaming video they broadcasted
a Boston senate meeting that denied "Save the internet" supporters, because people that Comcast had paid took up all the seats. Is this an example for why we dont want big companies running things?
"Hands Off": suggest that if they get hold of the internet, they can finally usher in all of the internets potential such as streaming HD movies directly on your computer. It would also lower cost for many consumers.
I am honestly confused on who is telling the truth. But based on their approches, Hands off seems to be undermining the important institutional rights that people have. Internet should have never been boughht by companies. It should be free for all people. I think that we should stop fussing about who needs to own the the internet and just give it to people for free.
Save the internet: They say that big companies should not be able to control how fast people acess certain sights over the others. In thier streaming video they broadcasted
a Boston senate meeting that denied "Save the internet" supporters, because people that Comcast had paid took up all the seats. Is this an example for why we dont want big companies running things?
"Hands Off": suggest that if they get hold of the internet, they can finally usher in all of the internets potential such as streaming HD movies directly on your computer. It would also lower cost for many consumers.
I am honestly confused on who is telling the truth. But based on their approches, Hands off seems to be undermining the important institutional rights that people have. Internet should have never been boughht by companies. It should be free for all people. I think that we should stop fussing about who needs to own the the internet and just give it to people for free.
LETS PLAY FAIR
There seems to be a theme with these articles. The commonality is that big companies are lobbying in order to get what they want. Service providers should not have control about how fast we can get to a web site based on favoritism. It sounds absolutely insane, that a company could control how fast you can access lets say your favorite website. If net neutrality is extinguished, big telecommunication companies could have great control over deterring people from accessing a website. (how many time have you sat in front of a computer and got up because the website was taking to slow to load. The internet is for the people.
CyberSquatting
The Government is suppose to protect people not businesses! That line in the 2nd article deeply touched me.People like Uzi Nissan's rights have been infringed and is being bullied by a huge international billion dollar company. He has the right to keep his domain name as much as a big business. Yes there are people *cybersquatters* who buy domain names in order to sell it. In doing so, this becomes a business, so whats the difference between that kind of business and a big car company. Nissan could afford all the publicity they need in order to inform their customers what their right website address is. Uzi Nissan Probably Cant.
Monday, February 4, 2008
How the internet has changed my life
How do i even begin to give an answer to that? I've had my yahoo mail account since i was in the 6th or 7th grade. Email is amazing! i am from the Philippines and Washington DC, so the internet has enabled me to be able to keep in touch with people that i am far away from. Websites like facebook and myspace, help you get updated on your friend's lives. Unfortunately, it seems that the internet has made it very possible to access information about people. Internet privacy has become virtually impossible.
Music is a big part of my life, the internet has allowed me to access the artist of my choice. I can download songs by them and find out more about their lives and message. It give music the possibility to be distributed on a global scale. It helps independent music companies a medium to fight back against the record company's that dominate most of mass media. How many times have you heard an artist made popular by the internet?
You tube and other similar applications give way to global surveillance. Anyone at anytime in the world can access videos of other people. You tube has helped lead the fight against police brutality (videos of police beating up unarmed civilians). But at the same the the congestion of so many videos leave the viewer with to many options, on what to watch. As a film major you tube for me is an archive of video footage. It is a virtual library for the world.
I could go on and on, but i think most young people recognize the wonders of the internet. My generations has been living in the world where the internet has integrated itself into our daily lives. I think most people cant even begin to imagine a world with out Google, email, facebook etc. The downside to all of these things is that the world of parents/grandparent in which people read books and looking up movie times in the news paper is slowly disappearing.
When was the last time you opened one of these?
Music is a big part of my life, the internet has allowed me to access the artist of my choice. I can download songs by them and find out more about their lives and message. It give music the possibility to be distributed on a global scale. It helps independent music companies a medium to fight back against the record company's that dominate most of mass media. How many times have you heard an artist made popular by the internet?
You tube and other similar applications give way to global surveillance. Anyone at anytime in the world can access videos of other people. You tube has helped lead the fight against police brutality (videos of police beating up unarmed civilians). But at the same the the congestion of so many videos leave the viewer with to many options, on what to watch. As a film major you tube for me is an archive of video footage. It is a virtual library for the world.
I could go on and on, but i think most young people recognize the wonders of the internet. My generations has been living in the world where the internet has integrated itself into our daily lives. I think most people cant even begin to imagine a world with out Google, email, facebook etc. The downside to all of these things is that the world of parents/grandparent in which people read books and looking up movie times in the news paper is slowly disappearing.
When was the last time you opened one of these?
Thursday, January 31, 2008
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