Algorithmic Control I

A BCM112 and BCM113 content crossover how exciting!

In this weeks lecture we discussed the concept of Algorithmic and Content Control (in other words, copyright).

What is Copyright?…

“Copyright is the right to copy.”

This means that original creators of products and anyone they give authorisation to are the only ones with the exclusive right to reproduce the work. There is an Australian law in place to protect people from copyright called Copyright Law.  The Copyright law in Australia  defines as the legally enforceable rights of creators of creative and artistic works under Australian law. The scope of copyright in Australia is defined in the Copyright Act 1968.

The content industry argues that a world without intellectual property would we be a world without any new ideas. The industry’s aim is control over content, ideas and all possible uses of information. There is no scarcity inherent in digital content, and no cost to copying it. In saying this, every digital operation involves copying. Every time you go online your computer copies everything you encounter.

After all the internet is a copy machine, remember??

*note this gif is copyrighted oops* 

Investopedia 2020, Copyright Definition, viewed 25 May, <https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/copyright.asp> 

Teodor Mitew, Algorithmic control 1: Intellectual Property and the Content Control Industry, online video, 11 May 2020, BCM112 UOW Lecture, viewed 25 May 2020, <https://prezi.com/uqd0nc-aww_2/algorithmic-control-i-intellectual-property-and-the-content-control-industry-bcm112/&gt;