Faggotron.(2009, December 25). Upular [video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVxe5NIABsI
One of the coolest things about using my iPod Touch as an CMS, PLN, and PLE is that I frequently find items that are just so down right cool that I feel compelled to share them. This is one that I found from an App that sorts Youtube videos by educational content. Not quite sure how this one fits, but it is truly entertaining.
Using copyrighted materials appears to be one of those areas of concern for most teachers, especially when it comes to those of us who have students creating digital media. Last year I had the advantage of having an industrious student who shared his musical compositions with his classmates so I didn't have to worry too much about using copyrighted music. However, I like to use Animoto, and I'm not quite sure exactly how copyright free some of their music is.
The above video will be a great example to show my students this year when we have our discussion about copyright and fair use.
Despite the Youtube username that he uses, Pogo is the name that the composer goes by when creating music. This is what a blurb on Last FM has to say about him:
" Pogo is the pseudonym for the emerging 21-year old electronic music artist Nick Bertke in Perth, Western Australia. He is known for his work recording small sounds from single films or scenes, and sequencing them to form new pieces of music. Pogo’s music and videos have attracted a large and devoted following that continues to grow every day" (Last.FM, 2010).
Pogo gives his compositions away for free on Last.FM because he technically does not own the intellectual copyright to any of the music or scenes depicted in his videos. Despite the fact that he is using Disney properties to make music, because he isn't making any money from this venture, Disney hasn't issued the cease and desist. It makes me wonder how much Disney is willing to ignore blatant use of their material since many a daycare center here in FL sport shabbily created "virtual facsimiles thereof" various Disney characters outside their establishments, and have done so for years.
It will be interesting to enter my students into a debate over fair use and let them voice their opinion on the matter.
Last.FM. (2010). Pogo. Retrieved August 24, 2010 from http://www.last.fm/music/Pogo
Excellent example of amazing creativity that would normally be crushed by the "powers-that-be." BTW, Pogo isn't getting a free pass to use the copyrighted material because he's not making money on his work. The question that is asked in a copyright case isn't "how was it used," but did the user have permission to use the work. The tiniest of loop-holes that Pogo might be getting away with is Fair Use like the famous "Fair Use Fairy Tale" that I posted in my session on Fair Use (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJn_jC4FNDo&feature=player_embedded). But it's more likely that Pixar has chosen to not pursue this one. Speaking of which, I'd like to quote your work putting together this article as part of my copyright series, if you don't mind...
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