{"id":159,"date":"2021-03-11T18:16:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T23:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weswong.com\/WongoTech\/?p=159"},"modified":"2021-03-11T18:19:51","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T23:19:51","slug":"the-vicious-virus-is-neither-virtuous-nor-virtual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/weswong.com\/WongoTech\/the-vicious-virus-is-neither-virtuous-nor-virtual\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vicious Virus is neither Virtuous nor Virtual"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Alas, today marks the one-year mark since the W<\/strong>orld H<\/strong>ealth O<\/strong>rganization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. March 11 has been designated a National Day of Observance to remember those who have perished under the curse of COVID-19. As vaccinations are rolled out, innocent doves must be like shrewd snakes<\/a>, and thus we need to yearn for the real vaccinations and not be fascinated with the f<\/em><\/span>ake<\/span>sinations<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we comply with pandemic protocols such as the 3W<\/span><\/em><\/strong>\u2019s (w<\/span><\/em><\/strong>ash hands, w<\/span><\/em><\/strong>ear masks, w<\/span><\/em><\/strong>atch our distance), we continue to meet virtually. However, one of the issues that needs to be addressed is the risk of copyright<\/strong> infringement<\/strong><\/span> when content is streamed online in virtual meetings and recorded for re-streaming. Bear in mind that churches and Canadian charities are not exempt from the Copyright Act<\/a>. Refer to Section 29<\/a> and Section 32<\/a>, subsection 2 (3).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, videos that show the song lyrics for \u201csing along\u201d are increasingly common on YouTube<\/strong><\/span>. But this does not automagically grant permission to re-use and broadcast in virtual meetings. The Christian Copyright Licensing International<\/strong><\/a> recommends that these should only be shown in a worship service or other public<\/strong> setting if the consent <\/span><\/strong>of the publisher or copyright owner is granted. A simple avenue to get permission to show videos (song lyrics, movie clips) is through CCLI<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s Church Video License<\/a>. Furthermore, virtual service providers such as YouTube<\/strong> <\/span>have policies concerning their Terms of Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In our Christian community, there is a plethora of rich content available online for use in our ministry. One example is Rightnow <\/strong>MEDIA<\/a>. Again, we need to proceed with caution when showing the online content in virtual meetings. According to Rightnow<\/strong> MEDIA<\/a>: \u201cTo align with copyright laws, RightNow Media content should not<\/strong> be broadcast over video conferencing applications<\/span>.\u201d Thus, we cannot<\/span><\/em><\/strong> merely share-screen the content. So how do we host meetings (small groups, fellowships, classes) to show goodies from Rightnow<\/strong> MEDIA? The good <\/span>news is that there are two ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. One approach is for each participant to login to their own RightNow Media account and view the content for themselves directly from their own device.<\/li>
  2. Another approach is to use the Rightnow<\/strong> MEDIA Groups Feature<\/a>.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Alas, today marks the one-year mark since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. March 11 has been designated a National Day of Observance to remember those who have perished under the curse of COVID-19. As vaccinations are rolled out, innocent doves must be like shrewd snakes, and thus we need to yearn… Continue reading The Vicious Virus is neither Virtuous nor Virtual<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-post","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/weswong.com\/WongoTech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/weswong.com\/WongoTech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/weswong.com\/WongoTech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weswong.com\/WongoTech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weswong.com\/WongoTech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/weswong.com\/WongoTech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161,"href":"http:\/\/weswong.com\/WongoTech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159\/revisions\/161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/weswong.com\/WongoTech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weswong.com\/WongoTech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weswong.com\/WongoTech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}