Objectives-Remixing Culture
- Become acquainted with copyright as a historic, cultural and economic paradigm and its value and pertinence to creative works.
- Explore the changing nature of copyright in the context of “Remix Culture” and the “Fifth World”
- Examine their own and others values and paradigms of ownership and authorship of cultural media.
- Evaluate the meanings of real and fake and examine their intersection with personal and cultural identity and authenticity
Original post:
In the presentation “Law That Choke Creativity”, I am touched by the three stories that the speaker Lawrence Lessig talked about. In the first one, he showed that “the culture moved from this read-write to read-only existence” (Lessig, TED). He told us the negative results how these advanced machine block human creativity. In the second one, he stated that “common sense revolts at the idea” (Lessig, TED). This is true in most of our daily life, that our creativity is limited by some traditional rules or regulation, thus some novel thoughts may face pressure when bring out. He also indicated that “we cannot make our kids passive again, and we can only make them, quote, “pirates” (Lessig, TED). I think remix is a better way for us to be more creative since we can be motived by multiple ways or methods. However, I am not sure if advanced technology will replace the human minds and slow down our speed of creativity, but I do think that remix can make us in a better life if we can make through it by using our mind efficiently.
Reflection:
After reading “Comparing Cultures. Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy.” I become familiar about evaluating the meanings of real and fake and their intersection with personal and cultural identity and authenticity. According to the author, “this experience of unreality is the reality of living in what he refers to as the “fifth world”. Specifically, the fifth world includes “virtual space, mass media, the U.S. suburbs, art schools, malls, Disneyland, the White House…”(88). Today, we are living in the world full of fake stuff. We do not want to pay for the copyright so most of us use the piracy program. In the TED video, Lessig talks about the value of copyright. Copyright will protect the intellectual property systems and help shape restriction in our society. After watching this video, I understand that copyright is very important and we need to continuous the law of copyright as long as we do.
Future:
I think I should train my critical thinking and make some decision by myself instead of only listen to others opinion. Because always follow others words is similar to thief, stealing ideas from others. I will also care about the copyright of some program and delete some of the piracy program.
Lessig, L. (2008). Comparing Cultures. Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy (pp. 84-116). New York: Penguin Press HC, The.