The reading was about copyright issues and how to try to avoid them. Many artist copyright their work so that no one comes along and takes their idea and makes money off of it. Many artists take thus Very seriously so one must be cautious when trying to come up with something. If you want to grab ideas from a certain artist you have to make sure that you give credit to the author or creator, or else they could get mad. One example is the mother who posted the video of her child dancing to a Prince song and got sued for it. The lawsuit is probably a little ridiculous but that is how serious some artist take their work. The mother probably just wanted everyone to see her cute baby and probably could’ve gotten away with it if the video didn’t become viral or if another artists song was playing. This is how serious some artist take copyright issues, however if you give them credit and say that it is some sort of a remix than it should be fine.
Throughout chapter 1 of “The Bedford Book of Genres,” I learned that there are a variety of ways to improve one’s writing. Several writers tend to get carried away while writing that they forget who their audience is and what message they are trying to deliver. This is when one must ask themselves what their purpose of writing is, do they want to present a narrative/ tell a story, inform, or persuade. After figuring out ones purpose they must choose a genre to be able to shorten their idea and be concise. In order for this to occur one must know the basic qualities and agreed-upon rules about the genre they are composing. Once one makes those decisions they move on to the rhetorical situation which mainly explains the idea. This allows the writer to provide support on their purpose such as saying what is great about it or provide statistics, which will automatically make their writing more interesting for the audience to read, as well as, get t...
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