Personally, I don't understand how you can argue "content producers have to make some sort of compensation for their activities," at least in this context. We're not talking about Stephen King writing a new book, or Universal Studios wanting to release a new movie...
We're talking about companies like Disney, who released Snow White 60 years ago, and are so desperate to make money, they refuse to give up a single revenue stream -- because it is more profitable to lobby Congress and ensure infinite protection for those revenue streams, rather than to let them go, into the public domain, like they should be.
It is not right for corporations to have this kind of control. It is not right for a corporation like Disney to be so presumptuous, it assumes it can walk away in perpetuity because they have *better lawyers*......the law should be about doing what's right. What Disney is doing, in this situation, is not right.
Content creators should be compensated. But Disney should not be able to hold onto their IP forever. That is not good.
I agree completely. The kind of 'full-and-complete' socialization that is being suggested for your kid (going to the beach, long bike rides with other 9-year olds, etc.) is not a silver-bullet that will make him well adjusted. In fact, as many of us likely know, we can go through all that, and *still* not be socially well adjusted.
I think it's great that yr working with this kid...for myself, once a gifted kid (like many on/.), the one thing I wish more than anything was that I had someone encouraging me to go farther and beyond like yr doing with this kid. And of course, that doesn't mean locking him in a room with his hardware and his books for 8 more years until his parents kick him out...so yeah, mad props to you...continue to let this kid create, by artistic, express...
(and, also agreeing with another post, ignore the 'hype' on 'the-next-big-technology'...teach the kid math and science. good framework till he figures out which hype-machine to jump on)
First, I agree with NetFu...that the ability to "get it" (in this context) has less to do with age, and more to do with your ability as an individual to absorb yourself into the medium/reality that you are trying to understand/work with.
Admittedly, Katz has created a difficult task, trying to defend and describe an overarching, generalized theory of behavioral patterns.
But I think it is a big step to say that, "Young Netizens seem flabbergasted when the adult value system collides with and changes their world" -- flabbergasted? Be realistic, Jon, nobody is flabbergasted or surprised -- it's not that Young Netizens are flabbergasted by this "adult value system", but like you said, they form their own moral code, based upon what's practical, reasonable, fair. To this end, Young Netizens are not out to screw their favorite artists out of copyright-dividends, but they're smart enough to know the whole industry is rigged anyway, that as long as they financially support the artists they like, then the system will survive (that's why most people who have Gigs of MP3s still purchase CDs).
In addition, calling Young Netizens "free-marketers and democrats" because a couple of young kids made some money off of web-design and business-development? It's not a good argument, because maybe these attitudes have more to do with booming economic times than spread of IT and "Open Media".
But overall, not bad article (takes a little liberty, but not bad).
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Personally, I don't understand how you can argue "content producers have to make some sort of compensation for their activities," at least in this context. We're not talking about Stephen King writing a new book, or Universal Studios wanting to release a new movie...
We're talking about companies like Disney, who released Snow White 60 years ago, and are so desperate to make money, they refuse to give up a single revenue stream -- because it is more profitable to lobby Congress and ensure infinite protection for those revenue streams, rather than to let them go, into the public domain, like they should be.
It is not right for corporations to have this kind of control. It is not right for a corporation like Disney to be so presumptuous, it assumes it can walk away in perpetuity because they have *better lawyers*......the law should be about doing what's right. What Disney is doing, in this situation, is not right.
Content creators should be compensated. But Disney should not be able to hold onto their IP forever. That is not good.
I agree completely. The kind of 'full-and-complete' socialization that is being suggested for your kid (going to the beach, long bike rides with other 9-year olds, etc.) is not a silver-bullet that will make him well adjusted. In fact, as many of us likely know, we can go through all that, and *still* not be socially well adjusted.
/.), the one thing I wish more than anything was that I had someone encouraging me to go farther and beyond like yr doing with this kid. And of course, that doesn't mean locking him in a room with his hardware and his books for 8 more years until his parents kick him out...so yeah, mad props to you...continue to let this kid create, by artistic, express...
I think it's great that yr working with this kid...for myself, once a gifted kid (like many on
(and, also agreeing with another post, ignore the 'hype' on 'the-next-big-technology'...teach the kid math and science. good framework till he figures out which hype-machine to jump on)
First, I agree with NetFu...that the ability to "get it" (in this context) has less to do with age, and more to do with your ability as an individual to absorb yourself into the medium/reality that you are trying to understand/work with.
Admittedly, Katz has created a difficult task, trying to defend and describe an overarching, generalized theory of behavioral patterns.
But I think it is a big step to say that, "Young Netizens seem flabbergasted when the adult value system collides with and changes their world" -- flabbergasted? Be realistic, Jon, nobody is flabbergasted or surprised -- it's not that Young Netizens are flabbergasted by this "adult value system", but like you said, they form their own moral code, based upon what's practical, reasonable, fair. To this end, Young Netizens are not out to screw their favorite artists out of copyright-dividends, but they're smart enough to know the whole industry is rigged anyway, that as long as they financially support the artists they like, then the system will survive (that's why most people who have Gigs of MP3s still purchase CDs).
In addition, calling Young Netizens "free-marketers and democrats" because a couple of young kids made some money off of web-design and business-development? It's not a good argument, because maybe these attitudes have more to do with booming economic times than spread of IT and "Open Media".
But overall, not bad article (takes a little liberty, but not bad).