I
completely understand what the current Copyright law is striving to do. It’s protecting
work from artists of all disciplines, making theft of their material a legal
matter. As much as I’d like to say I hate the Copyright law and that it is
making it hard for the digital era to grow, I just can’t. As and artist, I wouldn’t
want anyone using parts or all of my art. I like that people’s works of art are
basically copyrighted from the moment they are created and any use or reproduction
of the same thing goes against that. This applies as long as the art is in a
fixed and tangible medium.
I
do agree with number one of Gaylor’s manifesto, that our culture does build off
of our past. Not just in art but in any kind of culture, the past shapes how
our culture is formed. Routines formed in our past is kept alive in our culture
today. I do not necessarily agree with number two, that the past wants to control
our future. I think number three, that our future is becoming not as free as it
was kind of exaggerating things. Number four somewhat right when talking about
free societies require limiting the past.
The
question not addressed in the film is a very important one. If people just keep
freely sharing and using artists works and not paying the artist for the work
they are taking, then how can the artist themselves survive and make a living?
A vast majority of artists live off of the money they’re making selling their
art. If people stop paying them for their art and just take or use if freely than
the artists will suffer financially. I like that the info in the film was
distributed online, but I wonder about the original content and the person that
first created it.
Overall,
I enjoyed the film and the message it was conveying, but I think I still side
with the Copyright side of things and not the free to alter content side. Even
if it’s an online medium, I still do not like that people take and alter original
content and think it’s okay. I did enjoy watching the film though.
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