Media Analysis Assignment

          I believe that the thesis of this story is that copyright laws are becoming out of hand and people should be able to create new music from old music like Girl Talk, but at the same time I think that a person should be able to keep their original work as their own. I think the film showed bias by showing both sides, the people that want to make new music from old and think copyright laws are ignorant and it shows the side of the people that want to keep their original work to themselves.
          Bias is shown in the story by using many different rhetorical questions and flashbacks of the past to try and change peoples perspective about copyright infringement. The filmmaker uses both sides and bias' to try and bring out and induce people into joining the cause to fight against copyright infringement or to protect it.
         Some entertainment groups or bands even sacrifice the money to create new art such as Girl Talk, but others could be fined without even knowing it such as the women who was fined over $100, 000 because she had downloaded some songs illegally over the internet, this is an example of how people can be fined for something they didn't even mean to do. I believe that it should be the bands choice if they want to copyright their work, and if they say yes they should get the money not the corporations stealing the money from citizens and the creators are getting none. If I buy a song over I-Tunes I want it to go to use not going to some rich corporation.
       I am on both sides because I think it's fair for people to protect their original work but at the same time I believe that people should be able to create new music from others, I really think the fines for copyright infringement are much too overboard and I think they need to be changed.
      I think the movie sets a good example and tries to convince people into joining the cause and to fight for what they want.
      

English 11 Blog Rules and Internet Safety

• Ask permission before using other people’s personal information or photos.
• No inappropriate content (e.g. nudity, drug/alcohol references, cursing, racist content, discriminatory content, offensive terms, threats, violence, sexual content).
• Don’t give out personal information (e.g. credit card info, photos that are inappropriate or reveal personal details like where you live, contact info, address, phone number).
• Never agree to meet strangers.
• Make sure you set security information to a level where you and your parents are comfortable.
• No plagiarism. List where you got your info from.
• Be respectful to other blogs and have an open mind.