Copyright Presentation

I found Mr. Hardin’s lecture concerning copyright and Creative Commons extremely informative. I did not know much about copyright before this presentation. For example, I wasn't aware of the fact that a work is considered copyrighted the moment it is fixed in a tangible medium. Also, I had heard of terms such as Fair Use before, but I was not really sure of their exact meaning. The program known as Creative Commons also proved interesting to me. I guess that I probably assumed that I could create certain licenses upon my individual works; however, I did not know that the process to do so could be so simple.
One particular issue that was discussed in Mr. Hardin’s lecture was whether or not a person is guilty of infringement if he/she claims to be ignorant of his/her illegal action. Mr. Hardin explained that this excuse does not normally pass because almost anyone can declare that he/she was not fully informed about the laws that he/she was violating. Some people may argue that if the laws and regulations concerning copyright infringement are not widely known then they should not be held responsible for breaking them. Nevertheless, everyone is responsible for becoming aware of the laws concerning copyright. Although copyright issues can be scary subjects, I strongly agree with the previous statement. We should all strive to better educate ourselves about the issues and laws concerning copyright so that the individual creators of works receive the credit they are due and have an incentive to produce more unique works.

Trinity's LAN Network Diagram

Mr. Hatch's Lecture

The information that I found most useful from Mr. Hatch's lecture was his information concerning how to access my y-drive on my mac. He explained that you must use smb: and forward slashes. For example you would use smb://tucc-tiger/groups/ in order to access your groups folder.