I think it is an interesting idea that an artist could sell there own songs for a specific price to people who want to buy their song. There still is a problem though, not everyone is going to want to pay a dollar something per song when people can still download all of the songs for free on other programs. I understand that this is a new idea and it does solve some issues of people not purchasing cd's and artists still being able to make money but I don't think that they will be able to make anywhere near the amount that they used to. I still think they shouldn't be glorified millionaires as they were before. It was quiet ridiculous that people who sing and act on television gets millions of dollars; it is a job like everything else. It seems in this society what is good for the small amount of the society who holds all the money is the ones who get the final say.
I have never seen people been able to perform music via cell phones before, programs for the cell phone have been able to improve such things as musical instruments that are able to perform songs? I was very amazed at the fact that it sounded perfect and it was being done on the train with no real musical instruments. To me being able to do that in a public place is a new part of the digital media world that will become very popular since it seems so easy.
The video about cosmetics was quiet disturbing. I didn't know the cosmetic industry could false advertise as much they do. I figured when people put a label on a product describing that is natural it would have to be. Cancer causing chemicals are used in all of these cosmetic items and no one has cared or bothered to put a stop to it since the fifties? This seems a little strange that it has been going on for sixty years and things still haven't changed. I'm a little worried about the dove soap and axe deodorant that I use everyday. How would one know that there would be multiple chemicals that cause numerous problems in the body? I feel so ignorant that I am just learning about this now. I will have to do research to find out about my products that I use daily.
Wikipedia clarified some of the questions I had about what a remix actually was. I didn't know that covers and edits weren't considered a remix. I thought a remix would have been anything that was edited for someone's own purpose. I've had trouble creating a remix for the class project due to the fact I wasn't sure if I was just allowed to use audio and video and if we just used video, would it still be considered a remix? According to Wikipedia it would be considered a remix if one would add different movie clips together to perform one long one.
Copyright seems to be understood as if someone produces a piece of work one will have to acknowledge an artist or authors piece of work if one relates and refers back to a music piece, a book, etc. People seem to think that the internet is a zone where one could people can take others information just because it’s so simple to copy and paste something and take it as your own. Should this considered a bad thing or not? People have used others work for centuries and that's how we learn more and more by studying and developing from other people. The capitalistic economy that has been established in this country has made people want to make more money and only think about the individual. People want more money than they know what to do with rather than everyone being able to live comfortably. Although in this society few people live comfortably and those who do have, more comfort than ten people would ever need.
The create commons seems like a great new idea for people who believe in the freedom of the internet and the ability to use the information provided to create their own masterpieces with using bits and pieces from other peoples work. They are simply borrowing information to express their own ideas. People can use the same information to show different idea so what is the big deal if people borrow other ideas to make their own. Isn't it the same thing, then why do people care so much if their work is used by someone else, wouldn't they feel proud that their work is good enough to be used by others? No this society only cares about money and how to get the most money out something someone makes. It is no longer just to live comfortably but to be selfish and petty to sacrifice others for the benefit of one's self.
(cspd comics) I cannot comprehend why on earth anyone would have to pay ten thousand dollars just because a cell phone ringer was playing a song. To me this is proof that our system is more corrupt than anyone could have thought. People need to get together to stand up to these sort of problems, the internet is a way to bring closer together, so lets start making some changes since we are now so closely tied together.
(American lawbreaking) I feel bad repeating myself again but to me this is another problem of ignorance and stupidity. People and their laws, everyone seems to be on a power trip. The internet was invented a long time ago and people have to just accept the change for which has taken place. People need to stop worrying about money, yes it does provide the essentials and can make a person happy but one does not need to bathe in money. Society needs to change and have a big wake up call once that happens people will realize how foolish they have been.
The Donald Duck cartoons seem to comply with my last two paragraphs that there needs to be a change. Our society has changed for the worst and the power lies in the hands of a few who control the majority of the money. It stated in the clip that right now the difference in money from poor to rich has the biggest gap since the great depression in the 1930's and I do believe it. People are not happy, I would bet that most people are unhappy due to a financial reason or job loss and what is going to happen to change that?
The snow white remix totally blew me away. I was so amazed at how a person could take a movie and make such a catchy music video. People who have the talent to do such things should be able to show their artistic abilities. He is not harming the movie of snow white or making Disney look bad in anyway. The best way I can show that is isn't a copyright is how back when the camera was invented, a bill was being decided on weather or not to allow people to take pictures of natural life without permission. If the bill was passed every picture taken would have to be approved by the government first. This is absurd that one could even think of saying this now but when it was first invented that is what people thought. The same goes for copyright, copyright what never intended for the internet, it shouldn't apply to the internet. Laws need to change in with the new and out with the old I say. Revolution is growing in the midst, people might not know that is what it is called but at the rate at which things are going people are too bound by laws and illogical reasoning that doesn't apply to today's way of life.
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