Discussion Tutorial – File Sharing Assignment
Next week’s discussion topic is about file sharing of music on the internet. Composers and musicians have traditionally been able to earn income through sales of their recorded works and compositions. File sharing compensation laws and illegal file sharing sites have changed this in the internet age, making it more difficult for artists to be paid for music distributed over the internet, and artists and record companies are making efforts to work with lawmakers to look at current file sharing law. Please watch this video prior to beginning the assignment for next week.
Discussion Information
Instructions for Discussion Activity
Discussion 1 takes place next week for ALL students. You have been assigned a Discussion Group with instructions on how to access and participate in your discussion group activities. You will be notified of your group assignment by the end of this week. Be sure you that you have watched the tutorial and reviewed the rubrics for successful discussion activity submission.
Your discussion posts are graded based on the rubrics. Each discussion group is monitored and graded by a Teaching Assistant assigned to YOUR particular group. Any questions you have about discussion activities should be directed to the TA for your group.
DISCUSSION ONE
Next week you will take part in the online group discussions for this course. Each group of approximately 15 students will make daily posts, outlining a research informed opinion on the discussion topic. Students in the group will read and react to other group members posts, having civilized discussion about the topic at hand.
Topic for Discussion One:
File Sharing
Next week’s discussion topic is about file sharing of music on the internet. Composers and musicians have traditionally been able to earn income through sales of their recorded works and compositions. File sharing compensation laws and illegal file sharing sites have changed this in the internet age, making it more difficult for artists to be paid for music distributed over the internet, and artists and record companies are making efforts to work with lawmakers to look at current file sharing law. You will read the assigned articles and look into this topic by doing some research on your own as well. You will develop an informed opinion and post that opinion on the first day of the Discussion. On the second day you will read your group members post and reply to one of the posts with your reaction to their opinion (in a civil and open minded manner.)
The Discussion Assignment will have all of the information you need to successfully take part in the Discussion. Discussions are monitored and graded by Graduate Teaching Assistants.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this week, you will be able to:
- Discuss copyright law and how musicians make money from recorded music
- Develop opinions on copyright issues, and how musicians intellectual property should be protected
