WEB.STUDIES 2nd Edition

Web Studies 2nd Edition by Graham Roberts
Copyright in Cyberspace: Protecting Intellectual Property Online

In this piece the author provides useful information relating to online copyright issues. He brings our attention to copyright piracy and discusses a number of previous court cases involving piracy. He discusses deep linking and framing and how these tequniques have been used in attempts to ‘pass off’ work online. The piece is interesting to us on our course as we will need to be aware of these issues and be careful not to pirate work when developing online material.



Web Studies 2nd Edition by Graham Roberts
Movie-Making in the New Media Age.

In this piece Graham Roberts discuss how digital technology has affected movie-making. He discusses distribution issues and how distribution of film has evolved; he notes that the Web is not a practical channel for movie distribution due to speed issues. Roberts provides information on script writing tools available both to purchase and open source. He brings our attention to DV and predicts that this technology will eveuntly replace film he explains clearly the technology involves. He discusses shortcomings of Web delivery for film and notes that the Web works well in delivering short films. Flash animations are mentioned and Roberts notes that Flash offers the best delivery of Web animation due to its sharpness and downloading speed. He promotes the Web as a resource for an affordable promotion vehicle for independent film makers and an invaluable tool for researchers. Roberts concludes while the Web has a lot to offer the film-maker it will not replace human “talent, inspiration, knowledge, expertise and skills” and that the key to great film-making is great script.