{"id":31,"date":"2012-09-24T07:14:01","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T07:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/harir91\/?p=31"},"modified":"2012-09-24T21:38:25","modified_gmt":"2012-09-24T21:38:25","slug":"lessigs-remix-and-copyright-in-contemporary-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/harir91\/lessigs-remix-and-copyright-in-contemporary-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessig’s Remix and Copyright in Contemporary Society"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before I write this blog post on Lessig’s Remix\u00bb<\/a>,<\/p>\n

I would like to share a disclaimer: Back in 2007, I designed a video aggregate and have dealt with issues of copyright being involved in fairly large lawsuit. My perspective on copyright infringement is therefore a little skewed; however, I will attempt to be as central as possible.<\/p>\n

I believe that piracy and copyright are relevant issues in society, but also industry opportunities. What do I mean?<\/strong> Sites like Hulu.com and Spotify have been spawned out of piracy in an attempt to\u00a0eradicate\u00a0it and the damages it causes (mainly, financially to content creators). Many websites have reduced online piracy and torrenting, and we can clearly see through statistics that piracy, especially after MegaUpload’s lawsuit have gone down drastically.<\/p>\n

However, remixing is a different issue all together. For example, Lessig talks about the obliviousness of one mother who got fined $150,000 when she\u00a0unknowingly\u00a0used a clip of a song in a viral video. I agree this is a little ridiculous. In fact, I can’t imagine anyone who would support this: however, it is well known that each right of copyright\u00a0infringement\u00a0is a very costly fine.<\/p>\n

Because remixing is an act of creativity, it is a very complicated issue in terms of creative development.\u00a0I will explain why:\u00a0<\/strong>While piracy can be argued as a promotional tool, and can be monetized through advertisement based engines such as Spotify, 8Tracks, and Netflix; it is difficult to recognize artists for re-mixes. Although, many artists themselves have sampled beats from the past, it would be interesting therefore to somehow reward original content creators when their content is remixed. This will ultimately solve the piracy issue: most other forms of piracy have been drastically reduced (from the 2000’s).<\/p>\n

Lessig explains how important easy access is and that people will not wait to access content: therefore, I believe publishers should attempt to publish in mediums and methods that are beneficial to artists, producers, writers, designers. I agree with his theology that “even the good will become pirates in a world where the rules seem absurd”. However, I do hear Kim Dotcom (MegaUpload Founder) is working on a product that will reward artists, and content producers, and attempt to help with remixing. I can’t wait =]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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