It Should be Said...

Anna Tauzin

That last week's issue of the Observer was one of the best so far. All of the articles were interesting, the podcast went off without a hitch, and we even had time to do a "behind the scenes" video. I'm very impressed.

Of course, I should also mention that I committed an amateur's mistake when putting together my breakfast taco video. I needed music for the background, so I went and found a song by Los Lobos and put it in there. I credited the artist, but when I went back and read the terms of use, it explicitly said DO NOT USE THIS MUSIC EVERRRRR THAT WOULD BE STEALING!!

Which, honestly, was kind of annoying, because if you find an mp3 easily available for download, and you credit the artist and don't try to pass it off as your own work, shouldn't that be okay? I'm obviously a big fan of creative commons licensing, and for a simple reason: It makes sense.

I have yet to go back and plug in new music, but I obviously had to take down the video until I get a chance to do that. Copyright law is, as we know, super complicated, and it is the only reason I would want to go to law school: To study and eventually fight for or against it. But that's a subject for another day.

I'd be interested to hear what my fellow Observers think about Creative Commons, though.

Food for thought, watch Larry Lessig's talk from TED.

Cross-posted to AmericanObserved and Escapador.