Pictures That Lie

I chose the shark attack photo because I found it suspenseful and interesting. The picture is of a helicopter hovering above water, as military personnel are climbing up a ladder attach to the helicopter. The tainted image adds in a shark attacking the men, which adds intensity to the photo. It was easily added in by copying the shark so that it is coming out of the water. The picture is by Museum of Hoaxes. The image could be slightly harmful, but not much. It could be harmful to the friends and family of military members, pictures like these could make them worry that their friends and family could be getting eaten by sharks. Other than this example, do not see how this image is harmful.

Visit to CLT

Visiting CLT was a neat experience. It serves as a cool place to study and I am looking forward to play around with some of the abundant software they have. I plan to tinker with some of the video editing software and Photoshop, as I am certain it will come in handy as we progress through Photoshop in this course. The study room model classroom, seems kinda cool as well. I can rent one of those and practice my presentation in them before I present projects for other classes.

Copyright

I learned many things from Jason Hardin about copyright. One of which i had not realized, is that everything produced in a concrete form is automatically copyrighted. I like that because it makes people give credit where credit is due, and it inspires intuitiveness in works. This automation in copyright is important because producers of work do not have to go through the hassle of manually copyrighting their works. One thing that I disagree with concerning copyright that i learned about, is that it is a felony if the value of the copyright infringement is worth more that $2500 or 10 counts of copyright are recorded. I think that is a bit extreme; the fact that a person could face 5 years in prison for simply downloading a CD is a bit harsh. I understand that it takes away originality and income from an artist, but a fine could be assessed, and then if the problem is reccuring a larger penalty can be pursued.

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