Steve Westbrook states in “Composition and Copyright” that “technological development has both presented challenges to and opened new outlets for the creation and distribution of copyrighted works”. One thing that I immediately think of after reading this statement is the creation of ebooks, which certainly do open new outlets while simultaneously presenting challenges, one of the more obvious challenges being that they do not offer what I would call a hands on approach. To me, an hands on approach means being able to actually touch and feel the letters on a page, as was exhibited in the prints done in class on Thursday. I do not think that reading an ebook allows an individual to get “hands on” with the writing being read, but rather with technology itself.
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While ebooks may be more convenient in terms of size and traveling convenience, they really do take away the hands-on approach. However, with technology, people seem to have forgotten the value of a hands-on approach. With our generation able to get almost anything at their fingertips at a moment’s notice, people seem to have forgotten the hard work of their predecessors that allowed such great technological advances to happen. While some people still appreciate the value of hard work, others tend to view it as a waste of time instead of a learning experience. While the new age of technology has its benefits, its consequences are perhaps more lasting than people want to believe.