Is this Culture More Free than Restricted?

This culture is for the most part a free culture. Lately there have been a few movements trying to lessen the freedom this culture has. Most aspects of this culture have freedom, especially the parts of this culture that are not as public as others. The sciences do not have the same problems that the different parts of the media might encounter. The sciences can take something that was developed in the past or even something that was created recently and improving on it and changing it further to help their careers. The different parts of the media do not have it that easy. The medias have to try to abide by particular guidelines that make their line of work very difficult to have complete artistic freedom.

Although this culture does have restrictions on some aspects of this culture it is a rather free culture compared to others. The restrictions, however, have been put into place to try to protect the copyright owner and sometimes that can seem like the media has been restricted so much so they can't have complete freedom so it can almost seem like they have been censored. The idea behind these restrictions is not necessarily to censor the media but to have a sense of more protection for the copyright owners.

If you're having a hard time understanding why the media is the biggest part of the culture to have all of these restrictions just think about how the media is used. The media is used as a part of this culture nearly 24/7. Something so public needs to have some restrictions to protect those in this culture who are in the media but more importantly to protect those who are exposed to the different types of media everyday. The restrictions are there to help more than they are to hurt the media industry it might not seem like that since the restrictions seem like they are trying to censor the public. Nobody wants to feel like they are being censored. Restrictions are good in moderation. It is a hard topic to talk about because it is so controversial and it effects everybody in one way or another.

The reason why the sciences can get away with borrowing each others ideas without having to really deal with copyright owners is because they aren't really in the public eye so their restrictions aren't as strenuous as the restrictions the media has. The sciences are also necessary for this culture to move forward more so they need to have a little bit of freedom to be able to help this culture as a whole as easily as possible. The degree of this culture is different from different point of view. The degree of restrictions seen from the sciences might not seem as bad compared to the view from the media. Like any controversial topic there are many sides to the argument the question is which one are you on?

Introduction

Hello the concept for this blog is pirates. The definition of pirates is traditionally defined as one who makes use of or reproduces the work of another without authorization.  Examples of this can be found on various websites, can be heard through many music sources and films to name a few. Copy writing is another term that people tend to use when elaborating on the subject of pirates. The meaning of copy writing is to secure the rights of ones work. While this affects many big time artists, this is also a problem that many up and coming people face too. The purpose for writing this blog is to inform the public how pirates (media) affects our society. Our group members include Jamie Hollander, Karina Miguel, Jasmine Robinson and Katie Tyo.