First of all, I would like to praise the person whose idea it was to post those videos as a part of the weeks readings. Its great to have something different every now and again and, if I’m being perfectly honest, receives more of my attention.

The creative commons video was definitely the easiest way to get my head around what creative commons are and can do. It is simple enough to understand when explained correctly however there is obviously more to it then what is in the video but it was a good start.

I tend to find legal documents and laws quite boring to read however I understand their importance, especially now in the world of technology. An interesting point in the ‘Blogs and the Law’ reading was the idea of what happens when the problem is over different countries.  “The internet is borderless”; apart from a great quote this raises the question: what happens if a of breach of copyright happens in a different country to yours, an international case? The answer being that the laws of their country (whoever created the original) are the ones at play. Which begs the question, if there was an international company could they sue that perpitrator from multiple places around the word ? How is that for incentive !

Just a minor note that I  found fascinating, obviously a by-product of the influential media imported from America, a lot of the questions were confused with the American Law some of which don’t exist in Australia, reminding me that if 911 is called in Australia it is redirected to 000 because some people don’t even know the emergency service of their own country! (Does anyone know the number for 911!). – hope I don’t need to quote that.