CIU111 - Week 03 - No Class, Copyright.

This week's class didn't run as per usual due to a public holiday, however some interesting things still came about from CIU111.

The first being that I discovered I've been attending the wrong tutorial for the past 2 weeks - I was contacted by Andrew who inquired as to my whereabouts and when I told him that I'd been in class we both realised it had been the wrong one. I know that I went to the right class room in Week 1, but when I sat down and Tim took the role, I realised that I wasn't called. I asked Tim about this and he said that timetabling issues are common and that he'd fix things up if I wanted to stay in the class - I didn't see any reason not to until the following week when I over heard a conversation between two students who were discussing CIU111. One student said to the other that the CIU111 unit was disciplinary specific this trimester. Upon hearing this, I interjected and said that I felt that was strange, because I had been in a class of Audio Students. The student remarked that he was a Game Design student and his class was full of Game Designers. At this point i knew something was wrong, but because I had already attended the first 2 weeks of class I didn't think to make any changes. Then of course, Andrew contacted me and informed me that his class is an Animation class and that he will likely be assessing my work over the Tri, so I've decided that from Week 04, I'll be attending his classes.

The second interesting note was this week's lecture material. I read through the copyright article and as always, I was impressed with the level of detail and simplicity with which the article was written. It's chock full of video references and useful information, a lot of which I feel that creatives should know off by heart. It's a common question I hear when dealing with art and other creatives: what is plaguarisim and what isn't? I always say that when it comes to Art, it's usually appropriation, rather than plagiarism (unless of course, you're blatantly copying another artist's work). \
The article details the different types of copyright and how it varies from one art form to the next - I didn't know that a piece of art is copyrighted the moment I create it and that I would continue to own that copyright until 75 years to the day after I pass away, unless I sell it to somebody. It's important to know this information as well as know where to go and who to ask for further clarification because essentially we want to turn our art into a career - at least that's what I want to do - and to monetise your creations you need to make sure that you're not stepping over any legal boundaries. The topic of copyright leverages itself well based on last weeks content too, which I feel is a nice progression of learning the material.

​- Ryan