In this class we examined copyright as it pertains to social media and user generated content. The second part of the class featured a guest speaker telling her story about the Christchurch earthquakes.

1. COMP 113
Social Media & Online Communities, Summer School 2012
7: Copyright & #EQNZ

2. This week (Week 4!)
 Tuesday (day 10):
– Advanced awesomeness with Chris
 Wednesday (day 11):
– Content & Copyright / #EQNZ (guest: Sarah Gallagher)
 Thursday (day 12):
– The Deep Web / Neda & Iran election
 Miscellany:
– Blog assignment 3 due Friday by 12:00
– Project: Website structure in place & seeding content
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3. PART 1: Content & copyright
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4. Remember this?
[Adapted: http://www.sizlopedia.com]

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6. The online content situation
 Used generated content (UGC)
 Roles: Consumer, producer, sharer, remixer, …
 Much social media lives by this model
 Original content producers (Sony, Universal,
…) & representatives (MPAA, RIAA) dislike
copying, remixing & sharing
 Copyright breaches = thievery
 Mismatch between technology and law
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9. Your job
1. Consider your online practices in relation to
consumption and discuss with your neighbour
2. Imagine if the SOPA & PIPA had gone ahead (in
addition to NZ equivalents), how would they
have changed how you use online content for
each of the following activities:
– Consume
– Produce
– Share
3. Apply an appropriate creative commons license
to your blog (see: link below:
http://www.creativecommons.org.nz

10. PART 2: #EQNZ
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