The DMCA at Work

A web hosting firm known as "FirmBreach" has been receiving notices from the DMCA ( or the "Digital Millennium Copyright Act" from Pearson. Pearson is a publishing company who has published a handful of educational material. The culprit who got this notices was from one of "FirmBreachs" users, "Edublog", whom posted educational information for the public. "Edublog" has posted about 1.45 million blogs related to education. Now, Pearson and the DMCA has closed down the 1.45 million blogs from "Firmbreach" database of "Edublog".

The reason for this closure was because Pearson claims that "Edublog" has infringed content. The funny thing is that the closure was done because of one item, Farmer explained,"that the infringing material from 2007 was a reprint of "Beck's Hopelessness Scale," a 20-item self-evaluation questionnaire published in 1974 which Pearson sells for $120". "Edublog" did remove this after the warning but "Firmbreach" noticed it was still on file, so following Pearson and the DMCA orders, they took down all of "Edublogs" posts.

Personally, I think that this was something unfair because of one single content that was posted. I believe that just because Pearson is a larger company and Edublog is a smaller one, that they should have not have removed all of Edublogs posts. I believe that Edublog was just trying to help people get material that they needed when they couldn't find it elsewhere. I am very surprised that all of the 1.45 million blogs got taken down so fast.

Multimedia Authoring Is the Future?

Newsweek as confirmed that they will be moving away from print and making all their magazines digital. December 31st will be the last time that a print version of Newsweek will be in existence. The future of digital publication appears to be slowly creeping in our way. With the reliance of digital publication, I believe multimedia authoring is going to play an important role in designing digital media. Furthermore, designing apps, layouts, and arranging information in a digital space will most likely take place of print. Therefore, Multimedia Authoring will be an important skill for the future generations. At the same time, I think it is an important step in future publication, but I also worry about loosing print for our future generation. I worry because sometimes it is good to have an actual print copy of information but I suppose it will help with saving costs and reducing deforestation.

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DinoPokemon

I have recently stumbled upon a interesting illustration of Pokemon. This artist is known as "RJ Palmer" and he is a huge dinosaur fan. All his art is based on dinosaurs and he just recently started to create dinosaur Pokemon.

I decided to post about this because I am also an avid Dinosaur fan and I am deeply interested in this artwork. View More of His Art Here

Silhouette

Above are images by Olly Moss whom is a silhouette artist for our current era. She is an avid gamer and is considered a minimalist artist that will be releasing her book titles, "Silhouettes from Popular Culture". This concept is actually pretty awesome because of the simple style Moss is bringing to the 21st Century. I actually am curious of what other silhouettes that Olly Moss creates.

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True Portal Gun

Recently, a hacked version of a prototyped portal gun was completed. This technology was designed to levitate a "Companion Cube" by the use of magnets. I personally think this hack is quite amusing. In relations to multimedia authoring, this technology expresses how much of an advantage multimedia has on creativity. Having the proper technology and prototypes to make something great is most likely completed as a result of communication through other creative minds. Having a knowledge in design and programming helps further plan the "Hack" for these technologies.

The power of the web

Art in the digital world is something that has been falling into its place. The web is a place that has helped new artist adapt to a new era of digital art. This is done by allowing the artist think of ideas or simply show the world what they are capable of. I read this through and article that was titled,"Technology and Art: Engineering the Future", and I believe that art is still art no matter if people are revolutionizing the same technique or idea. The reason why I decided to talk about this is because I really enjoy the use of new technology to create multimedia.

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The Hylian Lego'

I have decided to post today a Lego sculpture by a team known as "Bolt of blue". I personally think that this is some amazing sculpture work and appears to be really well colored. Lego art is something that I think always looks strong because of those edges and dark colors. I have seen plenty of other Lego artist but this is one of my favorite examples of the possibilities that exist with Lego art.