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The Digital Past
May 22, 2013 | Leave a Comment
Our discussion in Tuesday’s class about paywalls included several valid points about why they were frustrating but sometimes necessary to support the sites providing public with information — but not necessarily those providing the information for the sites. What I’d like to learn more about are the legal aspects of copyrighting information versus copyrighting ideas. I think for the most part we all agreed that the boundaries for what can/can not and should/should not be protected are blurry and can be argued from multiple sides. That led us into debating the ridiculous hoops some universities are making students jump through to graduate. I think it’s unfortunate that the Study Elsewhere program is on the rocks because it was one of the few remaining breaks students get from the institution’s constant power trip. Our discussion of college’s requirements ties in with our discussion about copyrighting and the debate of should and shouldn’t be protected. By eliminating the Study Elsewhere option, the university is almost copyrighting current student’s degrees.
I’m considering the World War II Memorial for my final project. The aspects of the Memorial I would like to look into are the differences and similarities it has with other memorials commemorating WWII like the Holocaust museum. I want to investigate how certain aspects are portrayed in the different venues and how U.S. soldiers are painted.
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