Blog 12

The film "Rip" was a documentary film about the outdated copyright laws in America. It goes to show how corruption in the media industry has made the creation of art more and more difficult. There are many scenarios that show how copyright laws are not only making the creation of art more difficult, but in some cases is preventing scientific advancements.

Lawrence Lessig talks about such issues in his book, Remix. One main point i picked up on that is shared in both, is our inability to create new works from the past. There is an example of a man who tries to draw an adult version of Mickey Mouse, only to be "destroyed" by the Disney Corp. But in reality, most Disney classics are rip off of other older stories...so who's right?

Both do agree though, that while there should be laws in place, it is vital that we update our laws to keep up with the fast pace technology world that we live in, where the sharing of any kind of information is virtually easy as 1,2,3.