Valencia Winston, I agree with you and have always respected
artists works’ and avoided the temptation to take when it is so easy to do. Artists
should be compensated for their work. Copyright has a place in this society.
I think it is also an interesting question about how far
artists can be constricted. To create art an artist looks at the whole of the
world and all that is in it including culture and history. Art takes on so many
forms too such as political commentary, satire, documentaries, historical
reenactments, painting, music, dance, and digital forms of who knows what can
be done. That is a short list and could go on forever. No one can truly define
what art is or isn’t.
We need a cultural shift and become more like other cultures
in the world that value art for art’s sake rather than as you so finely stated,
greed-based mentality that creates rot.
I love your point about the ancient pyramid’s and the value
they have for the future civilizations that will eventually study them. How and
why a society is successful, the contributions they make to invention and
improvement, what they found to be interesting, how they governed, and how we
all strive to become fair, humane and equitable people must be analyzed through
all forms of human expression without thought to profit so that we can evolve.
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I really enjoyed this week’s reading assignment, because I love the intricate business side of the entertainment industry. I found it so interesting that laws that were meant to protect an artist from others making money from their work, has a flip side that constricts artists from creatively producing work. May favorite videos dealt with the ways other countries view copyright. Brazilian and Nigerian artists are not engrossed in the moneymaking elements of entertainment, as much as they are interested in purely entertaining. What was illustrated was that the corporate world in America, which is the driving force behind the copyright laws, are consumed by this “bottom line” kind of thinking, and milking every possible penny out of consumers. This kind of greed-based mentality shows up throughout America’s financial institutions, and results in the rot that drives piracy and theft. The best example of this was the Bridgeport V Dimension Film/Music case against Hip Hop recording artists De La Soul. While Jane Peterer was right that the sample had been used, the sample was not used in the same way as the original artist created it. In my opinion, this made the song “Me, Myself and I” a new creation. The same is true for NWA’s “One Hundred Miles and Running.” Moreover, the original artist Parliament and Funkadelic, was not even quoted in the story.
I really enjoyed this week’s reading assignment, because I love the intricate business side of the entertainment industry. I found it so interesting that laws that were meant to protect an artist from others making money from their work, has a flip side that constricts artists from creatively producing work. May favorite videos dealt with the ways other countries view copyright. Brazilian and Nigerian artists are not engrossed in the moneymaking elements of entertainment, as much as they are interested in purely entertaining. What was illustrated was that the corporate world in America, which is the driving force behind the copyright laws, are consumed by this “bottom line” kind of thinking, and milking every possible penny out of consumers. This kind of greed-based mentality shows up throughout America’s financial institutions, and results in the rot that drives piracy and theft. The best example of this was the Bridgeport V Dimension Film/Music case against Hip Hop recording artists De La Soul. While Jane Peterer was right that the sample had been used, the sample was not used in the same way as the original artist created it. In my opinion, this made the song “Me, Myself and I” a new creation. The same is true for NWA’s “One Hundred Miles and Running.” Moreover, the original artist Parliament and Funkadelic, was not even quoted in the story.
When considering these laws, in the realm of education, it
becomes even more ridiculous. Every generation is taught the world around them.
Imagine if ancient pyramid inscriptions, drawings, and statues were
copyrighted. How many centuries of learners would have been deprived of
learning and interpreting the meanings of the artwork? I believe that this
example illustrates how ridiculous these laws are. If copyright laws
had existed in the past for 100 years + 70, how many generations before us
would have been neglected? I look forward to more study on these issues.
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