PROCESS POST: Content + Copyright

Progress On My Site

Last week we completed peer reviews on the design of our websites. So this week, I began implementing some of my peer review partner’s suggestions, such as changing the photo in my about section and making sure all the headings were formatted correctly, and the hierarchy made sense. 

Copyright & TikTok

Thompson (2022), in his article “Is the Internet Changing How We Talk About Slang Words? “briefly discusses how AAVE (African American Vernacular English) is being copied/exploited by non-African American creators on social media. As Thompson (2022) states, “And while the exploitation of AAVE isn’t anything new, it’s clear the process has evolved. As m’Cheaux points out, one of TikTok’s defining features is the ease with which creators can copy one another”. However, the issue is not so much that non-white people are using AAVE; it is more that they are not properly crediting it as such and rather calling it simply ‘internet slang.’ As Thompson (2022) states, “TikTok can be a positive force, as the app has the power to normalize terms that white culture has historically ostracized. However, this benefit can only come if creators are willing to give proper credit.” 

Indigenous Cultural Works & Copyright

Furthermore, in the lecture Norman (2022) discussed how there have been issues surrounding the copyrights of indigenous cultural works. This is because sometimes “Ownership of IP can contrast with Indigenous meanings of ownership of Indigenous knowledge and cultural expressions.” For example, knowledge is passed down orally in many indigenous communities, and there is no definable date of origin. Therefore, this lack of protection has led to some non-indigenous people copying traditional indigenous work and selling it for a profitO