Comments for Digital Storytelling

Comment on Free webspace by Chris King

Chris King — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:34:03 +0000

Hey Janine — I don’t know if you are still looking for this answer or not at this late date. *And* I don’t exactly remember what was discussed in class. But I do know that you can get free space at Humyo (http://www.humyo.com/) or idrive (http://www.idrive.com/). All the other ones I’ve used have closed down or merged with someone else!

Comment on Credits Help by tgoodwin

tgoodwin — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:57:56 +0000

I just posted a link but here you go!

http://www.participantmedia.com/files/pdf1/Soloist-Cast_Credits.pdf

Comment on Chris King by Chris King

Chris King — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 01:18:13 +0000

It’s Corel Video Studio Pro. There’s a full-function free 30-day trial version here: http://download.cnet.com/Corel-VideoStudio-Pro/3000-13631_4-10029706.html

Good luck!

Comment on Chris King by dcook6

dcook6 — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 22:51:44 +0000

Hey Chris. I’ve been using adobe premiere for my movie. It keeps crashing and I keep losing work. Jenny said you recommended a software program to her. Is it for a PC? If so, please let me know the name because I’m DONE with premiere! – Danielle

Comment on It’s Copyright, not the Boogeyman. by tgoodwin

tgoodwin — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:25:00 +0000

I’m more than sure Dennis is not the only act in town, but I know he’s cheap and easy to use and gets the information back in a timely fashoin. He’s certainly found his niche.

Don’t get me wrong there are some folks who probably would not let me use the material, I really had to turn on the charm for them (I did spend two days in the basment of the West Vrigina Archives digging through audio and researching) to a) give me copies of things and b) be okay with me putting it in my DST. I promised proper credit and if it was going to be used in anywhere else, I would have to let them know.

Comment on Copyright by sblaher

sblaher — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 22:13:43 +0000

It seems to me that there’s no way (at least in a capitalist system) to avoid the desire to claim work as ones own and prevent others from making money off of it. As academics, particularly learning in the digital age, it seems counterproductive to want to protect works to the point of charging fines for its use. However, this is still a world in transition, where the old ideas take precedence, and that means, as digital storytellers, constantly looking over our shoulders for the copyright watchdogs.

Comment on Copyright by gcheong

gcheong — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 22:07:06 +0000

I think there’s a lot of clinging to “mine” going on rather than an acknowledgement of contextual culture and times. For example, there’s the saying about no new fictional stories because the same themes get told over and over again… but the implementation changes. Has it become a new story? Or can I pick out distinct ideas from experiencing a deja vu sense of recognizing where it came from?

I don’t mind the first… but even the second instance offends me as a reader. It doesn’t seem “creative” at all to lift themes wholesale, change a few names around, integrate with other themes, “forget” to mention influences/acknowledgements/etc then call it “new.”

Unfortunately it’s somewhat difficult to judge between them… for example, how many books did Tolkien spawn in the fantasy world vs how many just sound a little to close to having Frodo?

Comment on Where does it all end? by mplumb

mplumb — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 22:06:57 +0000

Definitely agree with a lot of things raised in your post. It also made me think about the end of the Tales from the Public Domain comic book and the comment it made about fair use. In essence, use fair use or lose it. We stifle creativity over fears of cease and desists. If that happens, so be it and I would certainly desist. Yet to whittle these digital stories, which are being used for educational purposes, down to nothing based on fear of something that is in constant state of flux seems seems laughable.

Comment on Copyright by sblaher

sblaher — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 22:05:44 +0000

I think the problem with copyright laws is that they constantly change and get updated, so what should expire in a particular year is suddenly copyrighted under a new law for another three decades. Once you determine an items copyright status the idea of fair use comes in, which changes more frequently than copyright laws. Defining fair use is like the rest of history–nailing jelly to the wall.

Comment on Fair Use and the four factors by mplumb

mplumb — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 21:58:30 +0000

I agree. I also found the four factor test extremely helpful when thinking about the impact of copyright on my own digital story. As confusing as copyright can be, at least it does seem that fair use at least offers creativity for educational purposes a great deal of protection.