copyright

This assignment has really opened my eyes to all the pitfalls someone could fall into when producing what seems to be innocent multimedia productions.

This is my first find:



My first reaction is that this baby is so cute! But, that's just what I think. With over five million views I realize that many people are watching this video, so its contents are being widely spread. The important thing to notice is that this is more than a dancing baby thug. I would like to give these parents the benefit of the doubt by assuming they purchased their ringtones legally, so they followed copyright laws there. However, they are now letting millions of other people have access to this music by posting this material on the internet. This is allowed on password protected sites, so maybe they should have put this video on their family blog. It doesn't seem worth it, but I suppose if they felt their child had a shot at the music industry these parents would have to purchase the rights to using this music in their video.

Here is my second find:




Aside from the fact that I absolutely love the humor of this commercial, I think it brings up an interesting copyright situation. Kotex uses clips from other tampon commercials to make their point. While I couldn't readily identify what brand each clip came from, there were a few I recognized because I had seen the original commercial. Now, Kotex doesn't flash their competitors brand names across the commercial, but as I said you can tell where the clips are coming from. Since this is a well known brand it is safe to say that they covered all their bases while obtaining these clips. I looked on the Kotex website and read over their legal information, and they are very clear about what may be used and how it should be used and what they have used. So, addressing how I found this video on youtube I know that it was not a violation of copyright laws for this user to post it. I know this because the Kotex website states that those interested may use their resources in their original fashion--which is how this video is.