Digital Media Exploration

Image:

This is an image of the starting quarterback, Billy Edwards Jr., after scoring the game winning touchdown during the University of Maryland vs. University of Southern California game I attended on October 19, 2024.

I found the image on UMD's photo album website, but I could not find any licensing information or sharing limitations for this image so I used the TASL (Title, Author, Source, License) rule of thumb demonstrated in class.

Title - Maryland Football vs. USC at SECU Stadium in College Park, MD on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024.

Author - University of Maryland Athletics

Source - https://umterps.com/galleries/football/maryland-football-vs-usc/maryland-football-vs-usc-at-se/7635/178990

License - Unknown - FairUse

Video:

These are the highlights from the game mentioned above.

I have been to a lot of sporting events in my life, and this was one of the most thrilling games I've ever attended.

I embedded this video from YouTube, there was an Embed code provided, but no usage policy or licensing information.

This is was what I found on Fox Sports' website regarding personal use:

"You may only use the Application, the Licensor Software and any data accessed through the Application for your own personal, non-commercial use;"

Below is the link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3Dj0NUkIxw

Animation:

This is an animation of a video I took after the game, when the fans stormed the field.

When a big upset happens at home, the home fans usually run onto/storm the field.

I converted the video to a gif myself to make it a sequence of images, simulating a video.

I owned the video, and therefore own the animation. I published this to CreativeCommons and my licensing information is listed below:

Meaning anyone can:

Share - copy and redistribute the the material in any medium or format.

Adapt - remix, transform, and build upon the material.

As long as you adhere to the following terms:

Attribution - You must give appropriate credit , provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made . You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

Non-Commercial - You may not use the material for commercial purposes.

ShareAlike - If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your conditions under the same license as the original.

Audio:

This is my favortie song of all time. I suggested it for the class playlist, and It is the soundtrack of my life. I originally had plans for including an audio of ambient sports cheering in a .wav file to keep with my UMD theme, but no audio files would transfer or embed from my Google Drive so I had to pivot.

I embedded this into Google Sites through SoundCloud, but I found the song through CreativeCommons. I did not find specific licensing information for this song, however I found this on SoundCloud's website regarding licensing.

"By uploading your Content to the Platform, you also grant a limited, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid up, license to other users of the Platform, and to operators and users of any other websites, apps and/or platforms to which your Content has been shared or embedded using the Services ("Linked Services"), to use, copy, listen to offline, repost, transmit or otherwise distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, adapt, prepare derivative works of, compile, make available and otherwise communicate to the public, your Content utilizing the features of the Platform from time to time, and within the parameters set by you using the Services."

Here is a link provided to the audio below: https://soundcloud.com/quadecax8/born-yesterday

Description:

For this assignment, we were asked to explore and ethically share different forms of media. Ethically, meaning to give credit where credit is due. The different forms of media we had to share were: an image, animation, audio, and video. I tried to do a UMD themed page, highlighting my experience at an exciting football game, but embedding and audio clip gave me a lot of problems so I resorted to finding my favorite song on SoundCloud through Creative Commons.

Lessons Learned:

I learned a lot about licensing (specifically SoundClouds licensing which was interesting), fair use, the TASL (Title, Author, Source, License) rule of thumb, Creative Commons, and I learned quite a bit about the difficulties of uploading audio in Google Sites. Most of all, I got to license my own work! Although, I think I made it much more difficult than it had to be, it was still a fun and insightful project.

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