I never knew before that a copyright only existed seventy years after the creators or authors death. I have always thought that it lasted forever, but the lecture on Tuesday clarified my knowledge of a copyright’s duration. I personally think that a copyright should last forever and not for a certain time period. The idea of something entering the public domain is a little like giving a person the option of claiming a work as their own that was actually created years ago. Of course, many of the profound works of literature or music compositions are well documented as being created by a certain person, but public domain still allows someone to claim a forgotten piece of art, music, literature, or anything else humanly created, as their own. The true creators are dead and cannot defend their work if it is taken and used in a way not suggested by the creator him or herself. If I personally created a work of art, died, and then eighty years after my death someone finds it and claims it as their own, I would be devastated (kind of, but not really since I’m dead). The idea still counts. If it was at all possible to prolong the existence of a copyright, I would completely support it.

Facebook

I, like many other students, use facebook. For me, it is a way to keep up with friends from home and to communicate with ones here at school. It is an easy way to keep up with someone that I don't see on an everyday basis and is a surefire way of getting a hold of someone when you can't reach them on their cell phone. I have used it before to get help on homework or to verify an assignment, but nothing too academically extensive. In terms of campus organizations, it is a great way to let people know more about an event and remind them of the time and day of. I enjoy using facebook, but I'm not going to completely rely on it for communicating with all people. Yeah modern technology is great, but talking to a person face to face is so much better than through a computer.

If you want to read more about facebook in academic life, click here:http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1213/p13s01-legn.html