Intellectual Property and the Cultures of BitTorrent Communities - 14 views

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  #2 theresia sandjaja on 09 Apr 12

   

  This reading emphasises that Intellect Property has now evolved from the issue of law, ethics and polities to the issue of culture. The shift of cultural model in consuming media online affects the way people think about ownership, sharing, ethics and responsibilities. File sharing has changed the conception of usage and ownership, thus Intellectual Property is not an issue of morality anymore but the temporality and interconnectedness of technological and cultural development. For example, the record industry has to follow the trend of technology because the traditional business model has become less relevant in the digital age.
  
  This reading uses theoretical framework founded by Stiegler (1998) explaining that humans, as technical beings, need to correspond to time, social and cultures in a digital medium. This theory is a good foundation to my research on collaboration on Youtube. This is because Youtube users keep experimenting to create new creative productions for viewers to enjoy.
  
  This reading also noted the way society consumes media that are available online. The case study included in this reading posed a similar mode of sharing and collaborating online to the resources I gathered. The study mentioned the alternative products to be shared and consumed by networked community thus creating a distinct sense of community and culture. The platform to contribute media is a self-sustaining market economy that is comprised of a member of volunteers. The users become active critics on the music uploaded to give aesthetic judgment thus highlighting the trends within that community.
  
  
  Stiegler, Bernard. (1998). Technics and time, 1: The fault of Epimetheus. (Richard Beardsworth & George Collins, Trans.). Stanford, CA: Stanford
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  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This reading emphasises that Intellect Property has now evolved from the issue of law, ethics and polities to the issue of culture. The shift of cultural model in consuming media online affects the way people think about ownership, sharing, ethics and responsibilities. File sharing has changed the conception of usage and ownership, thus Intellectual Property is not an issue of morality anymore but the temporality and interconnectedness of technological and cultural development. For example, the record industry has to follow the trend of technology because the traditional business model has become less relevant in the digital age. <br /> <br /> This reading uses theoretical framework founded by Stiegler (1998) explaining that humans, as technical beings, need to correspond to time, social and cultures in a digital medium. This theory is a good foundation to my research on collaboration on Youtube. This is because Youtube users keep experimenting to create new creative productions for viewers to enjoy. <br /> <br /> This reading also noted the way society consumes media that are available online. The case study included in this reading posed a similar mode of sharing and collaborating online to the resources I gathered. The study mentioned the alternative products to be shared and consumed by networked community thus creating a distinct sense of community and culture. The platform to contribute media is a self-sustaining market economy that is comprised of a member of volunteers. The users become active critics on the music uploaded to give aesthetic judgment thus highlighting the trends within that community. <br /> <br /> <br /> Stiegler, Bernard. (1998). Technics and time, 1: The fault of Epimetheus. (Richard Beardsworth & George Collins, Trans.). Stanford, CA: Stanford <br /> University Press.</div>

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