吃喝玩樂愛美蘇

From the case of MGM v. Grokster mentioned this week, we know more about the copyright liability for p2p networks to take as the third party of it. However, it seems there will be more chances for cooperation between the copyright holders and p2p networks.

In Taiwan, my home country, the situation is similar. In 2002, the copyright holders sued two p2p networks named respectively EzPeer and Kuro for infringement. In the EzPeer case, the Shihlin District Court in Taipei found it's not guilty of infringing copyright law. Conversely, the Taipei District Court sentenced three Kuro's executives and a user to prison. The whole different results has made the media industry confused. The reason is the court thought EzPeer has alternative good functions, but Kuro only promoted itself completely by uploading copyrighted media files.

It's kind of like the summary judgement made in U.S. before the Supreme Court declared the opinions of the MGM v. Grokster. However, in 2006, EzPeer and Kuro successively settled out of court with the plaintiff, so the two cases couldn't be considered again by the Court of appeals in Taiwan.

Before the first class of GRA617, I did not know exactly what I would learn from this course. After the last lecture in watching "Helvetica", I feel that I really have some different points and thoughts.

First, I acquire a lot of confidence from different projects. Actually, I never thought that I was a talented person of design, and I have thought that I was a person who lack for creativity. However, in these 6 weeks, I found that I could finish a poster, logo and even website. Although my works are still not so complete, but they really give me some enlightenment that I can design as long as I try.

Second, I really learn some useful software for mass communication industry. I tried to learn some skills of Photoshop in Taiwan, but I couldn't get familiar with it because I never apply it in real projects. Here, I could keep practicing Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator through all projects, and it's really helpful.

I think that a lot of people have the same work as me this week from the profile project of the news writing class. When I found some information through the website, I found a special column in Syracuse.com, named Finding Orion.



It is a column talking about a the National Guard 27th Infantry Brigade in Afghanistan. I feel this topic is profund and interesting, and it's also surprising that this column is put in local pages. In my home country, Taiwan, you barely saw this kind of columns. Besides, I also found that the logo of it is really special. It is combined by three letters, and I think it's a simple and precise logo as well.

Last night, I watched a basketball game, Team U.S.A. versus Team Canada. The game is a warmup match for the coming Olympic games. Undoubtedly, NIKE is one of the ad's sponsers of the game. After the game, I surfed Nike.com and found a special zone about the U.S.A. basketball team, including an impressive logo and slogan.

http://www.nike.com/nikeos/p/nikebasketball/en_US/athletes/usab_hub

The movie to be fashionable this weekend is definitely "The Dark Knight." Everybody talks about it, and it also earned an estimated $18.5 million in gross revenue at its 12 a.m. opening screenings early Friday morning at 3,040 screens, the most ever for midnight shows.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/07/17/movies/thedarkknight/index.html

After reading Lupton's "Grid" Chapter,I realize that grid systems actually exist in almost all books, magazines, newspapers and websites.Grid systems make reading much easier and more comfortable,and they increase readers' inclination to keep reading.

Take me for example, other than the New York Times, I often visit the website of the Washington Post. I feel that the Washington Post's layout is shipshape and readable.

To me, I feel that a good website is not only a stadium to convey messages rapidly and correctly, but also a place people would like to surf it a lot. I think the offical site of Major Baseball League is one of this kind, because it offers people every game's live online instantly, and many baseball fans really feel convenient and friendly about it.

I think current design of this kind of wabsites enhances the user experience undoubtly. Take MLB.com for example, people without television and radio to enjoy the games still have another choice, only if they could connect to the Internet. The live gane online provides not merely all players' data but also every strike or ball, play-by-play. Fans who had been lost the opportunity to watch the games have another new experience online. I think it's the value of the website's design-increasing new viewpoints, solutions and experiences!

Typography is inside everyone’s life, and that is why a graphic designer has to explore it and learn how to use it well. However, I think the typography is so widespread because it does not have general consistence. In every work, some people love it, but others might hate it. It is difficult to let everyone love it. Therefore, I think that combining various fonts is helpful to increase some new creations.



For example, I really love the design of the “Walt Disney World.” The logo’s font really makes me feel a magical world, and the castle’s design really matches the concept of the Walt Disney World. Besides, the logo’s colors could be different to harmony with every character of the animations. To me, it is wonderful design of the logo, because it touches your hearts to link with its concepts. I feel that is the spirit of typography exactly.

Actually, I love the courses I enroll in this semester.
My courses are so practical that I seem to be a real journalist...or writer? XD
I almost have assignments every day,
the stories, the blog posts, the project memos, etc.
Sometimes I don't know how I did it,

這篇文章寫在回憶裡是浪費了點～
如果是六月當時的我來寫，
想必會是精彩萬分XD

開學前的生活是瑣碎的，

對雪城的第一印象...冷清XD

雖然NYC-SYR的班機上客滿，
但這是我搭過最小的飛機...

本來想要一到美國就要認真記錄生活的我，
終究是荒廢了網誌兩個月......囧
這當然是不被允許的！！！
所以現在我要開始補回我在美國生活的點滴啦XD

直到真正出關前，
我都以為自己只是充滿喜悅與期待，
而感傷似乎被拋得很遠。

但一進到出關區，