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Respecting the Creative Works of Others

sassevn's avatarAuthor Mark W Sasse

A group of my students was given two tasks. First, how do people use digital media without giving the creator proper credit or compensation. The ways were many: streaming video from non-paying sights, grabbing photos off the web for a project, buying pirated DVDs (a huge market right in the open here in Malaysia), downloading music from YouTube, etc …

The second task was for them to list reasons that people give in order to justify the use of digital media without properly giving credit or compensation to the creator. Again, there were many justifications. Here are a few:

  • It’s free on the Internet
  • I’m a poor student.
  • It’s so easy to do it!
  • Everyone else is doing it.
  • Law enforcement doesn’t seem to care about pirated DVDs, so why should I? (this one applies to our situation in Malaysia and many other countries)
  • Those entertainers make enough money!
  • Songs…

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About The Owl Lady

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

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