So… since we talked about
how pretty much everything that exists is a remix of other works one way or
another, does it mean that copyrights don’t necessarily mean anything?
Being an artist getting
ready to go out into the real world of business and licenses and copyrights,
I’ve been told al my life and all the time that I’ve been here that it’s
important to reserve and copyright our material and works. But now that I think of it, what would
be the purpose? I know it’s a way to protect our works… but then we see that
there are people out there that will still take and rework everything from the
originals to create something new? It’s a really confusing aspect. I felt like
the Buffy and Twilight clip was a perfect example of remix. It doesn’t get any
better than that, really. Here, you have two huge entertainment companies who
have a show and a movie that are both widely popular… and regardless of what
they put before the movie starts; (i.e: Any copy, manipulation and
redistribution of this will result in $250,000 fine etc) people still find a
way to bootleg everything and steal clips from movies they find free online and
take those clips and plaster it with music and post it on the internet and call
it a day. This goes the same with music and how people would rather download
music free rather than buy it. What is copyright though? That’s my question. As
soon as I saw and learned about this subject today, I just now realized that
it’s almost nothing compared to what the audience can do with a movie or
company so serious.
WHAT IS COPYRIGHT?
