Pirates of the Sea

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“Pirate puzzel” by ~dolldreamer~ is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 cc-iconby license iconnc license iconsa license icon

I found the image above by searching Creative Commons for an image of a pirate. It has a CC license. To use it a person must give attribution, use it for only noncommercial purposes and it has a share alike tag meaning that derivatives must have an identical license as the original work.

Here’s a bit of an interesting video. It’s like they’re speaking my thoughts.

“‘Tis my booty! Ye can’t have it! NOT YERZ!1” by WilWheaton is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
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You know you want 
to Touch 
the booty. 
Come on. 
Touch it. 
I dare you. 
Just one little touch 
you scurvy dog.

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2 thoughts on “Pirates of the Sea”

  1. Brian,
    Great video! It definitely ties into this week’s material perfectly. I often feel like I am part of the generation that witnessed the sudden growth of this digital environment. It’s interesting because on one hand I can understand why copyright is intended to protect artists. On the other hand, and it seems this is alluded to in the video, it often feels like an oppressive form of censorship. I know I am often very hesitant on what I contribute online and how I contribute. I am curious to see how this pans out in the next few decades because I can imagine we will see a lot of change.
    -Caitlin

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    1. Thank you for your comment.
      I agree that we will see many changes in the near future regarding copyright, in part I think because it will be just too difficult to manage with the current legal system and definitions. I think there will remain a need to protect artists, but I think there are shifts across the span of cultures that are moving toward collective rather than individual ideas, and this will strain the ideas of authorship and ownership.
      I was following a conversation in a writing group that was talking about the trademarking/copyrighting of words and then suing for infringement when those words were used by others. Some of it was a bit ridiculous because of the words being commons use words. For instance on thread of it was over the use of the word Dark by someone that had it as a series title. Some of the conversation was quite alarmist so I wan’t able to trace out if the person had say trademarked/copyrighted a specific font or something like that or if it was actually the word. It smelled more to me like a publicity grab and from everything I could find it would be unlikely to even pass the copyright process. But I guess I will see if someone sends me a cease and desist. DARK DARK DARK DARK DARK DARK DARK DARK DARK …
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      …
      …
      yep, nothing. I guess we’re good.

      Thanks again.
      ~Brian

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