Category: Unit 09

Spreading Creativity

I think the idea of using other ideas and material to create different ones is an interesting topic. I see how to some people facing copy-write laws could really be held back from creating that next art piece or song, but if I were the original artist I would probably be upset if someone took my idea and made it better. That is why this subject is so controversial. I have made music using parts of other songs and I know that my song couldn’t contain more than 4 measures of content from another song. This was hard because I felt like it would have sounded cool to use more parts. I think the Ted Talks that addressed how the laws stopping these actions from happening was accurate when he said it was blocking creativity and advancements in our cultures. The essay we read in class had a sentence that stated, “the most valuable contribution to our economy comes from connectivity, not content (Lessig 89).” I see this happening in companies like apple where everything is connected and easy to work with. Although they are actually a rather simple and less content oriented company I think they see success through their efforts to support connectivity with all of their products.