Multimedia products can contain several types of media such as text, graphics, film, audio, animation, software, recorded or generated music. I believe that the context and the intentions behind the multimedia industry is important. For example, if I take a clip off of google images and use it for my personal based website, I do not believe that someone will haunt me down for a copyright violation. However, if I turn a google image into a brand local for my new business, a copyright violation may be suitable. The intentions behind the copyright is extremely important. If a copyright source is used in education, the intentions and purpose is very different than if it was used in a business environment.
I find the debate of illegal music downloading to be very controversial. In the debate of illegal downloading, most people believed that the intentions behind the downloading made it justifiable or not. People believed that if they were downloading music for their own benefit it was justifiable, but if the person was downloading to sell than it would be considered wrong. The issue is the fact that every download takes from a potential sale to the artist. Whether or not you steal from the artist at a faster more direct rate does not matter. I believe that if you like a particular artist you will support them by actually buying their music.
The right of privacy is another interesting debate. The question of privacy and public information treads a thin line. I'm not sure that convicts should be displayed on the front page of the newspaper. It may be public record to find out where the criminals are and what crimes they have committed. It is a totally different thing to display private, embarrassing information for all of the world to see.
Although this article provided a useful checklist for documenting a multimedia element, it seems too cliche. I am not sure that anyone would actually follow the checklist step by step, but it has many useful tips that can be generalized.I hope that the future of multimedia becomes more simple. I believe that like everything else,with time, we will have multimedia down nearly to a science. Attorneys and the entertainment industry should become more comfortable with various laws.
Multimedia use has changed significantly with technology.
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