Nov
2014
Remix {Discussion}
A couple years ago I took a rock n roll music history class and we talked about copyright infringement. Specifically we looked at The Grey Album by Danger Mouse and how serious the copyright was. I can’t believe that this would even be an issue considering Danger Mouse didn’t get permission to use any of the audio or video tracks from Jay-Z or The Beatles. Danger Mouse said, “[it] ‘was not my intent to break copyright laws. It was my intent to make an art project'” (Rimmer, 133). It turns out Danger Mouse just put it on the internet for everyone to see and didn’t mean for people to download it and make it such a big deal. I guess it’s true what people say: what you put on the internet is forever! Once you put something on the internet, people can do whatever they want with it.
dmichael
November 25, 2014 at 12:09 pm (9 years ago)You make a good point, that what you put up on the internet stays there forever. For example, a rival high school at home did a lip-dub to the song “It’s Always a Good Time.” They put it up on YouTube and it was very good. However, they did not get permission to use the song, so they had to take it down while also getting in a lot of trouble. This lip-dub was an example of a remix, which reminded me of your argument. However, your argument brings up one point I would like to question. You say that since he put it up on the internet, he got in trouble. Do you think if he had released the song, but did not put it up on the internet, would he have gotten caught or in trouble?
sabrina
November 29, 2014 at 1:33 am (9 years ago)You made a interesting post there. It true that anyone have chance using the work posted on the internet. The point is to protect the work not to be distorted instead of prohibiting to be used. Because we can always be inspired by other ideas and it will lose valuable view if we cannot combine others or paraphrase it.
Fisher
November 30, 2014 at 9:52 pm (9 years ago)I understand the point you are making above. However what are your opinions on the copyright laws? I believe that one should not have to have permission to remix a song. I have had personal issues with YouTube not allowing me to keep videos up because of the background music that I had playing (with no permission of the artist). I believe that creativity comes from remixing and making something into something fresher/different. Do you think remixing shows ones ability to be creative? During the Ted video I made a realization that if copyright rules weren’t so strict individuals would not do as many free downloads etc. I think more things should be able to be made public so that our generation can show their creativity.