First of all - I'm looking forward to this very well-timed 3rd edition and being able to include it on future syllabi. Second, FWIW: Here in L.A., both my undergraduate and my graduate students all know what CDs are, but they are historical artifacts for most of them, something their parents used to use. I teach students from all over the economic and cultural spectrum, but this is one thing they all have in common - they were born around the time Napster emerged and started consuming music several years after iTunes had become dominant. DVDs/Blu-rays are different, not because of film, but because they are still big in gaming and the transitition to streaming is only just beginning in that arena. - Morten ________________________________ From: Air-L <air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of C.H. <chainsawtiney@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, May 4, 2019 10:16 AM To: Charles M. Ess Cc: air-l Subject: Re: [Air-L] CDs and DVDs? + potentially inappropriate query Recent crazes of data science and AI are enabled by FLOSS software universes such as R's, Numpy's, Tensor Flow's and Torch's. Of course, Linux is running on at least 80% of internet servers and 75% of smartphones (Android). The browsers that run on most of the computers on earth are mostly based on the same FLOSS engine (WebKit/Blink). I think the problem is: FLOSS is so ubiquitous to a point that we don't notice it's prominence anymore. And hence, "FLOSS is more or less no longer a relevant topic". On Fri, May 3, 2019 at 9:26 AM Charles M. Ess <c.m.ess@media.uio.no> wrote:
Dear colleagues,
I am revising my _Digital Media Ethics_ for a 3rd edition (!!), due out early next year.
A first query: an important criticism raised by an astute and most helpful reviewer has to do with (a) using an example of stealing a CD and (b) a larger discussion of FLOSS and copyleft schemes such as Creative Commons licensing, etc. The reviewer observes that (a) his/her students simply will not recognize or relate to the example involving a CD as, briefly, streaming services have largely taken over music consumption practices and very few, if any, students still purchase CDs. Similarly (b) FLOSS is more or less no longer a relevant topic; rather discussion of copyright / copyleft is now much more focused on remix practices.
Based on what I know of the US/UK contexts, the reviewer is clearly spot on, and I'm genuinely very grateful for the insightful critiques and constructive suggestions, and will do my best to pursue these.
At the same time, however - and this, at last, leads to the query - I'm wondering how culturally/nationally variable these points may be? That is: (a) I know that in this here Scandinavia, despite the overwhelming predominance of consumption via streaming services, CDs (and DVDs) are still prominently on offer, not only in brick-and-mortar and online stores: they are also _de rigueur_ at every concert I've attended, i.e., for sale at the end thereof. There is no doubt that their sales numbers have plummeted - now outdone by vinyl in some cases - but here, I have the impression, they remain familiar artifacts? Similarly (b) I think I know that interest in FLOSS production and distribution remains strong in Latin America and at least some parts of Asia?
So: only for the sake of having a better global sense of these points - if AoIR-ists can offer culturally-/nationally-specific quick characterizations of how far (a) physical media such as CDs do / not remain relevant in especially student music consumption, and/or (b) FLOSS - including ongoing development and distribution of software (beyond the usual suspects of Mozilla products, wikipedia, etc.) is / no longer of any significance?
I hope this query might be of general interest as it would give us at least a quick and dirty snapshot of all of this. Again, the point is not to somehow counter an important critique and helpful suggestion. On the contrary, I gratefully take the points and suggestions - but want / need to know how far these may hold globally as the book is aimed towards a global audience.
Second - potentially inappropriate - query. In conjunction with this revision, the publisher (Polity Press) has asked me to develop a list of colleagues who may be interested in receiving a review copy of the book when it is published - along with a list of journals that might likewise be interested in reviewing it.
If you are so interested and/or have a suggestion for a journal / reviewer, I'd be very grateful if you would contact me offlist with your contact details and/or journal suggestions.
As usual, a thousand thanks and all best in the meantime, - charles -- Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication University of Oslo <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.hf.uio.no_imk_english_people_aca_charlees_index.html&d=DwICAg&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=qiSa-D308wu7QXS5E_AL0g&m=hohdKCW_xKpmiNnfXrlQFtSwMjzz1DSTFgJ9d3q9Dn8&s=5uqV8UwplP8OasNbsJcgYmJnJ2JbiqjCyzSofuY9Z_Q&e=>
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