remix response

I think that, in regards to the culture of remixing, there’s nothing wrong with taking a different spin on a work that someone else produced as long as credit is given to the original author. I do believe, however, that in specific instances there should be a limit to how much one believes credit must be given. In the case presented in the article where a mother was simply uploading a video of her baby dancing to a prince song, should not be such a big deal. If the main work a person is trying to reproduce is directly taking references to a different source then, of course, credit should be given but how generic these references are should also be taken into account. No one’s going to give credit to a different movie just because there’s a similar storyline. I definitely think that there’s validity in putting an emphasis on copyright issues because there a cases where ideas can be directly stolen and there’s nothing anyone can do about it but there’s also nothing wrong with taking inspiration from other’s work. We are collectively encouraged to draw from other’s ingenuity and reproduce something you created with your own unique vision. It’s a difficult subject because it all comes down to opinions, that’s why the extent to which we should be doing this is heavily debated.