The film RiP! A Remix Manifesto by Brett Gaylor covers the touchy playing field and problems of copyright infringement in modern (2008, when the film was released) day media. The film explains while the history of media to some is seen as a library of inspiration to pull from and 'remix' others take it as profit. People are getting in trouble for the sampling of single notes, simply because the producer of that single note wants payed. Which from my perspective, make sense for both sides. But the argument seems to be that these samples from past media, are being turned into something basically unrecognisable and they were just a starting base point for the remixer. While giving credit to the owner of a form of media is important, the film talks about the idea that a 10 year old who downloads music on his MP3 illegally, without even realising it, can get in serious trouble. It's such a vast market and area of law, how to you really contain it all?
The film makes me interested to see how copyright will have to change as our media creations and consumption continue to expand and the factors that play into copyright laws change along with it all. As well as the point in the film that says "our future is becoming less free". How has that changed since 2008 and what might it look like in 20 years?
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