My Podcast

My podcast was going to be an update of television shows. I go to school and work full time so it is hard for me to watch the tv shows I want. My Podcast was going to be a way for people to catch up on certain tv shows, but I decided to do a movie review insted because I think this will be a lot less time consuming. Be sure to check out my website and my podcast!

EPIC movies

The Epic movie we watched in class last week showed the future of the media. I do believe that all news will be accessable on the web, which it pretty much is. I do not believe that this will get rid of print. Many people like reading their newspaper whereever and whenever. I know I rather read print then on the internet, but I know I can find any story on the internet quickly and easily.
I thought it was revoltionary for a magazine to put pictures of their subcribers home personalizing each of their magazines with the headline we can see you. I think that probably freaked out most of their subcribers, but it shows you what all you can do easily on the internet.
The media and technology are growing very quickly, I believe many good things will come from this, but also that many bad things could also.

Podcasts!

E! Onlines Hollywood Party Girl and Gossip Boy posts a weekly podcast on iTunes. Anyone who loves celeb gossip and trash will love their podcast. It is all about going to all the parties and premiers and the gossip on all the celibrities. How they get ready for an event, what they like to drink, or who they like to go out with. This weeks podcast is about Kim, Kloe and Kourtney Kardashian and their new reality show Keeping up with the Kardashians. I hope you enjoy.

Copyright and Regulation

The fact that someone can take someone else's article, turn it around completly, say you interviewed the orginal article's writer when in fact you did not, and publish it as your own is horrible. It is not like stealing a possesion because if that is stolen, you are without and worse off. If someone steals your ideas, you still have them. What is lost? Nothing, but if someone publishes your ideas then there should be a copyright law against it. They should be fined or you should be compensated.
Intellectual property has a whole different set of laws then physical property. It has copyright, patent, and trademark. Technology is allowing intellectual property to be spread all over the web and airwaves. Who is to say who said it first?
Pirarcy is a big problem. There are so many ways to download or burn CDs and DVDs of music and movies these days. It makes it really hard to regulate all of it or punish people for it. This is really bad for artists, entertainment companies are losing a lot of money.
Apple's iTunes is excellent at helping regulate copyrighted music and movies. You have to download it from them and pay a fee. Apple even has a group on facebook that will send you free downloads or give you a discount. There are other sites like iTunes that help this too.
I do not believe that there is way to get rid of illegal file sharing all together. I think people will always find a way to do it.
In high school, I used to be a regular to download music. I did not know it was illegal back then. The reason that I do not download music from Kazaa or Napster anymore is not because it is illegal, but that I would rather not get any viruses on my computer. My brothers and I stoped downloading music years ago when my mom would have to pay someone to clean out the computer drive all the time. I know there used to be a ton of viruses on those sites.