R&R- Part#1

Once I watched the video Good Copy Bad Copy I was amazed with how much I did not know about file sharing and how it is literally changing technology and the media universe. For example, in the film they sat down with the artist “Girl Talk,” who believes that what he does is an art form within itself and how some people, who were not fans of his work, are just now starting to realize that what he does is not hurting the original form of music or the artist themselves, instead see’s how media is starting to be taken as an art form, (2:30). 

What he, Girl Talk, does is take samples from original pieces of music by artist and remixes them by combining those samples into a different form of music, although he is not intentionally hurting these artists because he has respect for them and mentions them all within his album. It is still being viewed as controversial because he is not just simply taking these samples and using them, but he is also changing them out of their original form, so there are pros and cons to this situation. But, what I also found interesting is that if you are a music producer, of any genre of music, taking a beat from a recorded piece of music and making it in to something else, like a remix, then you’re at risk for being sued for copyright infringement, (3:32). This makes me wonder if artist who do the opposite of what “Girl Talk” does, who just wants to make music, are at risk for copyright infringement? 

We know that there are laws placed on any form of work whether it is music, print, art or any other kind of creative work because they want to protect the work of the original artist or the person who created it. However it is when that artists work is not referenced in any way or the person is not given permission to use it, is when you hinder another artists creativity, who uses or takes something to turn it into something else, to process. They mention this in the film, about how a department which allows artist to use their creativity, called Creative Commons, “it is a tool for artist to mark their creativity with the freedoms they intend it to carry,” allows the artist to choose which freedoms they want to associate with their creative work (22:30). Not only does this video shed knowledge on how copyrighting and creativity within the industry work, but how it shows us what the process is.



**Blog Comment Kelshay Toomer- Blog#6Part1**:
I found what you said about how the music producers take the completed process of a recorded song to street vendors, who make replicas and sell them, to be very interesting because I also wondered how locals or artist in general got the latest music (43:57). This makes me wonder if they could or could not be at fault for committing copyright infringement? Even though they are not misusing the original work but simply distributing it to people for a lower cost, it makes me wonder if it stops other artist for being able to use other artist works or like you stated about copyrights, "it inhibits creativity. People are known for taking is something and turning it into something else; that is what we call creativity. With all the laws and limits that there is it stops the creative process." I agree that copyrights puts limitations on people being able to create their type of art. You helped me better understand what they meant about Creative Commons, it is a tool for artist to mark their creativity with the freedoms they intend it to carry,(22:32). This is allowing artist to express their work and have some type of authority over how it is carried out to the public. Good job!