Good Copy Bad Copy was awesome! I think my favorite segments were the ones that represented international movements who are thriving without adhering to copyright laws.
I think as North Americans, those who are producing a lot of the world's most "popular" content, we should really be more relaxed on our regulations for remixing it. I don't know why people take the idea of remixing and sampling into such negative connotations. The idea that one piece of art can be made into ninety different versions is incredible. For the best example, type the name of any popular song into youtube followed by "Remix". You get about 50 different versions. Dubstep, Drum and Bass, Techno. Some better than others, but maybe that's just my taste.
This is for sure the age for those with the urge to create. It's like scrap booking using an entire universe of material. Images of places you've never been and people you've never met. I loved the final scene when Girl Talk is remixing the remix we just witnessed the Brazilian producer making. That is so much like what me and my friends live. Recently a friend of mine remixed Dolly Parton's Jolene. He really won't make any money off of it, except for maybe the 15% of the door at a show where he will spin the song. It's frustrating for all involved that something set on allowing everyone equal opportunity to create would be penalized. Especially since as consumers, we've sort of created our own community with an unlimited amount of potential creativity. Attacking this with the mentality of a kindergarten art teacher is offensive and unfair. We can scribble out of the lines. We should feel no threats. We can mix, remix, put up, take down, create, or destroy anything we want. And that is something that should be taken into consideration by big scary corporations about our day and age. Is that how things work now. And they would probably work a lot better if they just worked with them instead of against them.
It bothers me that in a lot of these cases, the product made by the consumer isn't even under attack until it gets a lot of views. Then all of sudden its a big deal. The video I made for assignment #3 won't be a problem at all, but if for some reason it gained a lot of hits it would be.
If something is sampled on the internet but nobody hears it, does it make a lawsuit?
Here is my friend's techno-ish remix of Jolene and a sweet Lady Gaga remix I found the other day.
BAM! TAKE THAT COPYRIGHT LAW!
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