Monday, March 9, 2009

Unit 6 Assignment Information Ethics;Research Log Entry 1

In your research log entry,
1. discuss how the author, the publisher, the faculty member, the library, and the students can be accommodated.
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if the owner is the publisher and that person paid the author to write the book or if the author decided to publish their work, they would get paid accordingly to the profit they made from the sales, of course how much book sold minus how many copies of books made = left over profits. Anyway, the author find a publisher to publish their work, the publisher publish the book, then the faculty members recommends the textbook,the library may buy some copies for the students to borrow in the library or might digitize a portion for online access, students may either choose to buy, borrow or look for it online.

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2. How can a fair arrangement be achieved?
fair arrangement can only be achieved:

User Rights in the Print World

Fair use

1. the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
2. the nature of the copyrighted work;
3. the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
4. the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.

User Rights in the Digital World

Fair Use

1. Music, lyrics, and music videos: Up to 10%, but in no event more than 30 seconds, of the music and lyrics
2. Photograph or illustration: used in its entirety, but no more than 5 images by an artist or photographer
3. Off-air recordings: 10 days to show in class; 45 days for research
4. Movies: home use vs. institutional use vs. public performance rights
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3. What are the challenges in creating a fair arrangement for everyone?
Well, everyone likes things to be free, so its hard to create a fair arrangement for every single person to follow. another fair arrangement for people could be consider, is by considering an affordable price for the copyrighted material. if its not overly expensive, people would consider purchasing the items.

1 comment:

  1. You're right when you say that it's hard to create a fair arrangement. Copyright requirements are generally more stringent than people realize and the copy more than they should.

    Authors and publishers don't actually make very much money on these types of books, as a rule, in spite of the price of the books and how large the price seems to the students.

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