So all four of the websites we had to read seemed eerily related to my first Major Argument assignment. (I guess I had a clue about what I was talking about all along ;)
With this new wave of hands-on, shareable technology, us Digital Natives have a new, interactive relationship with the internet. The new generation of internet is meant to be shared, reworked and republished.
Here's what a musician in the digital age has to say about reworking music:
(Upon trying, the "insert video" option on Blogger only allows youtube videos, and the "embed" option from the website with the video only gave me code when I tried to post my blog, so I've updated to include the link to the website that includes the video here.
One of my good friends from back at home is going to college for Musical Production and he has an incredible talent for taking popular songs and remixing them. In fact, that is a common practice now -- some major label recording artists endorse remixed versions of their songs and host contests to see who can be most creative remixing an already published, copyright songs. Lawyers, corporations and people who don't understand this new interactive form of media seem to think that doing anything with a song that isn't used with "permission" is illegal. Speaking on the subject is Copyright and Internet Lawyer and Harvard Professor Larry Lessig who explains the fragile line of reworking and editing copyrighted works for creative purposes:
(Again, the posting the video within the blog didn't want to cooperate, so here's the link to the source.)
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