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From Emily Watson

This is a symbol I created in class.

Video Response

I wanted to respond to the first video we watched in class about who owns photographs when they are posted online. Before I watched the video I had the opinion that it's simple... the person uploading the photograph owns it and they have all rights to it. Wrong. When you upload a photograph of yours to a website they can technically use it for whatever they want. Unless of course it's a private uploading manager and you've either paid for or agreed to copyright regulations. Another way to copyright the photographs you post online would be to post them with a watermark of your name on them or simply sign your name in text somewhere.

I can understand how the young girl in the video feels violated because of photograph of her was used for advertisement without her knowledge. I feel that it is a different case though, because someone else took the photograph and uploaded the photograph. It's a really tough decision for me to decide in this case who's wrong or right. The girl in the photograph is angry because she did not give consent to the advertising agent, but she also doesn't own the photo herself. I think the person who took the photo should have been contacted and asked to use the picture. It is really considered their artwork, since they snapped the photo. Personally I would feel honored to be used in an advertisement in another country... but that's just me.

September Adventures.

Every week I seem to be all over the place. In terms of exploring what Eastern Pennsylvania and the surrounding area has to offer, I guess you could say I take advantage it. I love adventuring outside and going to festivals, hiking, horseback riding, boating, really any outdoor activity. The past week I went to Linvilla Orchards in Media, Pennsylvania with my good friends Sammi and Joe and their 9 month old baby Anthony. We had a lot of fun walking around, especially looking at the plants and animals.

On a side note I included a picture of the dent someone put in my car last week. This made me sad.

It's beginning to feel like Fall, and to my friend Joe that means deep frying everything in their kitchen, including mashed potato balls, and having a bonfire out back. Joe, Sammi, and their baby Anthony live in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania.

On Saturday I went to the Irish Scottish Festival in Green Lane, Pennsylvania. There were a lot of vendors, music, sheep herding, and Irish and Scottish traditions. I found the birds very interesting and took photographs of them.

The last image I have in my slide show is a scan of a deck of cards I got from a Nevada casino while I was in Lake Tahoe, California visiting my great friend Julia.