What I think of when I hear "Remix Culture" (before reading the article) is how our culture is being redefined by new technology and innovations.
"Think about how we’re taught in school. A student is not assessed upon what she reads—instead, she is graded upon the things she writes." I think this a good point the Author makes, the fact that we have been taught since day one to use others' work to form our own work.
"It is the method by which we have told stories and how we continue to relate our day-to-day experiences to each other." This is a great point, songs from generations ago have been plagiarized numerous times. However, without those chain of events, we would not have the stories we have today.
A question I pose is first, can people copyright things that have been produced before them? Say, on folktales or songs written long ago? Also, if they were able to do that, reproductions would dwindle and we would loose some of these old stories if people 'owned' them and stopped their production as supported by the text. "to keep it from atrophying and dying".
I would also like to know how copyright works elsewhere in the world.
Good Quote: "The folk process has been described by Katherine MacDonald (2005) as: “the process by which cultural artifacts are changed, whether minutely or in significant amounts, to form new cultural products” (p. 4). Musicologist Charles Seeger (the father of American folk singer Pete Seeger), used the term to describe not only how these artifacts are changed, but also how cultures are continually renewed and reborn. Our approaching digital culture will be an aural culture, a communal one".
"If we look up ‘musicologist’ we see no author’s name on the main page. It’s true, you can find out who wrote and edited the article, but the main page is not about preserving intellectual property. It is not about venerating the author, nor even giving credit". Try telling that to a record company. Have any record companies commented on these angles and justifications?
I like the point that this is also a cultural shift, something that has been dont, across the globe, countless amounts of time.
The biggest effect of this remix culture is that it goes against capitalism. Record companies and huge conglomerates have a hold on this particular industry, and now our culture is shifting. These huge entities, who have made lucrative profits, are trying to hold onto what is being lost because of a cultural shift. I think that the most resistance to this culture shift will come from those entities, rather the public of whom has already accepted this change and is fueling it.
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