Blown to Bits Chapter 6: Balance Toppled
Summary: Chapter 6 of Blown to Bits is a very interesting chapter. Chapter six dives into the often undefined world of copyright rights in computing. Copyright laws allow people to have full rights over their creative works and ideas, but this concept does not translate very well into the world of technology. Because information can be transferred with unparalleled ease in the computing age, intentional and unintentional copyright violations have become common. Should people be able to record television shows? Who should be responsible for illegal music downloads? Is there a point to the crazy extents to which copyright is now being applied? These are the questions chapter 6 attempts to address. A consequence of this ease of …show more content…
Useful products are kept out of market for fears of massive lawsuits. People are afraid to make works of art similar to existing pieces, and they are weary to produce an improved idea for fears of backlash. I find this very discouraging, seeing as the world could be a much better place if some of these inventions and innovations came to fruition, but companies would lose profit if they no longer had the best version of their idea. I think that world progress should be a higher priority than company profit, and it is annoying that businesses halt the production of products that can improve people’s lives. I was torn on chapter 6 of Blown to Bits. In some ways, copyright laws make sense. Of course, people should be able to use their own ideas, and other people should not be able to copy that. But in other ways, I think that these laws are only a detriment. They deter creativity and new ideas, and they stop better ideas from ever happening. Chapter 6 was both frustrating and perplexing. I am not sure what is best for the copyright policies of the internet, but the current method of handling these issues is not
Summary: Chapter 6 of Blown to Bits is a very interesting chapter. Chapter six dives into the often undefined world of copyright rights in computing. Copyright laws allow people to have full rights over their creative works and ideas, but this concept does not translate very well into the world of technology. Because information can be transferred with unparalleled ease in the computing age, intentional and unintentional copyright violations have become common. Should people be able to record television shows? Who should be responsible for illegal music downloads? Is there a point to the crazy extents to which copyright is now being applied? These are the questions chapter 6 attempts to address. A consequence of this ease of …show more content…
Useful products are kept out of market for fears of massive lawsuits. People are afraid to make works of art similar to existing pieces, and they are weary to produce an improved idea for fears of backlash. I find this very discouraging, seeing as the world could be a much better place if some of these inventions and innovations came to fruition, but companies would lose profit if they no longer had the best version of their idea. I think that world progress should be a higher priority than company profit, and it is annoying that businesses halt the production of products that can improve people’s lives. I was torn on chapter 6 of Blown to Bits. In some ways, copyright laws make sense. Of course, people should be able to use their own ideas, and other people should not be able to copy that. But in other ways, I think that these laws are only a detriment. They deter creativity and new ideas, and they stop better ideas from ever happening. Chapter 6 was both frustrating and perplexing. I am not sure what is best for the copyright policies of the internet, but the current method of handling these issues is not