Week 1: Blog Number Two Response to Angela Alipour's Blog
Photo found on Morguefile.com Angela says:
When push comes to shove the copy write laws are all about the money. Who can get the most money and how. What’s wrong with someone taking your work and creating something else out of it as long as they give you the credit for being the inspiration of their creation? Especially when they can make it better. If we can do this with text why not film and music? Don’t those people get paid enough? Actually I think that many of them get overpaid.
One of the people that spoke in the video said that an artist needs copy write laws as an incentive to create. Yeah, right! When someone is creating they are not thinking about copy write laws. They are creating.
With the Fair Use law it’s good to know that there is a law that can cover your behind if you need it too. Of course it has to meet the criteria of critical comment, teaching, parody, and news reporting. Even under these circumstances one needs to be careful.
I was happy to know that Creative Commons is available for creators. The saying two brains are better than one is what came to mind when I saw this video. Sharing a personal idea or creation with another person can sometimes cause the other person to elaborate on that idea and the final result can be spectacular.
As I’ve been watching more and more videos about this I find that the music industry seems to have a real issue about copy writing. Wish I would have known about Creative Commons during the FSO music class.
My Response:
@Angela,
I agree with you about the money issue. That is why I thought the Nigerian theory was so powerful. That theory being, that you create and you put it out there for anyone to use or make better. There is no piracy as you can pay the same thing for a new or copied version. Why not just buy the new version? This would eliminate the money issue.
I also agreed with you on your point about:
One of the people that spoke in the video said that an artist needs copy write laws as an incentive to create. Yeah, right! When someone is creating they are not thinking about copy write laws. They are creating.
That is so true. Creativity flows regardless of laws and even boundaries. So why must we create these parameters that are often impossible to live within?
Creative Commons does have some really great music such as unknown artists putting their creations out there for the world to hear. I have found some really beautiful pieces.
Although after reading Melissa's comment it is hard for me to think about how that would feel to have my work slightly altered and then have someone call it their own. That is another reason I like Creative Commons. I think it addresses this issue with the various licensing options while still allowing work to inspire new creations.
Angela says: