1. Lessig brought up several examples of "remixing" and how emerging artists are creating "new" products out of samples of older works. Do you recognize these artists as innovators and indeed believe they are creating something new? If so, how would you apply this type of thinking in instructing students how to avoid plagiarism? If not, what makes you doubt the validity in their "new" creations?
2. Rife writes in detail about the fair use doctrine and the four-factor test while Price speaks in depth about the struggles students have with understanding the full extent of what constitutes as plagiarism. In my experience, none of my instructors have gone over either document. Do you think it is important to include the fair use doctrine and the four-factor test in your syllabus? Why or why not? If so, how would you think it best to present this information to the class?
Raquel,
ReplyDeleteAs I was reading Lessig, I kept thinking of Perez Hilton, or Memes. In these cases, you're taking original pieces and making something similar original. For me plagiarism is using exact wording that it is impossible to decipher the original from the new piece.