Journal Blog #2: When is it ok to copy in Art?

This week, we have been thinking about issues like intellectual property, copyright, and plagiarism. In terms of design, the laws on intellectual property are quite difficult to understand. When talking about the copyright of music, it is a big mess and the major record companies don't know what to do about people copying music and sampling it. In terms of copying published words, plagiarism rules are extremely strict and unchanging. Gladwell is asking us, why?

All of us copy, me included. I copy pictures from the internet everyday to prepare presentations. I burn music CDs for my friends. Copying and pasting are pretty routine, and I don't think about it much. However, in the world of academia in which I work and in which you study, it is clear that copying the words of others in research and writing is absolutely unacceptable and punishable. I don't know how to answer Gladwell's question.

In your view, when is it ok to copy Art? Why is it ok to copy some creations but not others? What is your view?

Make sure you include you ID# in your post. Aj. M

Journal Blog #1: What does Art mean to you?

Some of us might think about Art frequently. You may play the guitar or piano. Some may to paint and draw or have some technological skills to design graphics or games. Art may be something you do all the time.

But then some of us may not think about it much, yet still appreciate Art and can't imagine a world without it. We may see Art in the way Messi passes the football or in the way Bolt runs the 100m. We may see Art in the way a car is designed or in the fashion that we wear. Art is everywhere...

In this first journal blog, I would like to know how you experience Art. What does it mean to you?

Don't forget to include your ID# in your post. Aj. M