This video on youtube...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs1bG6BIYlo&feature=player_embedded
is an awesome remixed beat with a Disney Classic in the video, we all can recognize "Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs". So the question that comes up, is this copyright infringement. This video takes the voices and actions and remixes them to turn it into something completely different. This could easily be concieved as copyright infringment because he is taking Disney's work and remixing it. Essentially these are still Disney characters even though this is not how they would appear in a Disney video. This guy has done a few remixes before and has had them taken down, if you read some comments, because it is copyright infringement. The remix is very good and I am not saying this to take away from it. I am just using this as a classic example, this is his own work, he clearly worked very hard on this. However, this is nothing more than stealing, what he is doing is no better than someone putting another title on a movie and trying to pass it as his own. No matter what the sound or remix is, this is still "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", and that is Disney's property.
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Friday, November 5, 2010
News in the Jammie Case
Did you guys see this?
"In her third trial, Minnesota resident Jammie Thomas-Rasset -- whose fame has extended well beyond the proverbial 15 minutes -- was once again slapped with a fine for sharing 24 songs. On Wednesday, the jury awarded US$1.5 million in damages to Capitol Records. That's $62,500 for each of the 24 songs Thomas-Rasset illegally shared through Kazaa in 2006."
RIAA Wins Another Pyrrhic Victory in File-Sharing Case
"In her third trial, Minnesota resident Jammie Thomas-Rasset -- whose fame has extended well beyond the proverbial 15 minutes -- was once again slapped with a fine for sharing 24 songs. On Wednesday, the jury awarded US$1.5 million in damages to Capitol Records. That's $62,500 for each of the 24 songs Thomas-Rasset illegally shared through Kazaa in 2006."
Greg Gillis himself...
When talking about Girl Talk a lot of issues arise. Many people think what he does is wrong because it is against copyrighting laws, and many say it's nothing like the copyrighted material so it can't be against the law. Has anyone stopped to ask Greg Gillis about what he thinks? Here is an interview with him explaining what he does. At one point, he calls it "passing down and recycling music", which is a good way to put it. If everyone likes a certain song and the song was a great success, why not use part of it again in a different song? It is pleasing your audience, that's what it's all about. Check out the interview. He is an innocent, intelligent man who wants to have fun creating music for people to enjoy. It's a hobby for him. Would you want people to tell you to stop doing your hobby? I wouldn't, especially if it wasn't harming anybody.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjHj-f6gLkI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjHj-f6gLkI&feature=related
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Girl Talk and mixing music
Girl Talk is a great example of how every generation of music influences the future generations. He takes pieces of songs and remixes them into his own creations. Some people say that what he is doing is copyright infringment and he is just stealing from other artists. I would agree that sampling is a form of stealing, but if you are going to pick on him then you have to go after almost every artist in the music industry. Lady Gaga for example has put a modern spin on Madonna, much of her style and music is based off of Madonna. Kanye West who makes some of the best beats in the music industry has sampled many verses and beats throughout his career. One of his most popular songs, Through the Wire, the beat is sampled right off of Chaka Khan's Through the Fire, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymuWb8xtCsc&feature=related..check them both out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvb-1wjAtk4...The music industry is based off of this and sampling is an easy way to build the popularity of not only the new version, but the original as well. It also promotes awareness for the past, when new generations sample old songs, it brings awareness and appreciation of the artists of the past. It allows older artists to stay current for years and years. Jay-Z is a known for using alot of lines from the Notorious B.I.G, it is a way of keeping the memory of arguably the greatest rapper alive.
While Girl Talk takes alot of the music and remixes it to a brand new sound, he does use older songs and adds a modern twist to them. He can take a laid back song and turn it into a club banger, it makes him a lot of money. Should he have to pay for what he does? As of now the answer is no, but in the future, there could be a very serious law suit. He does in a way create his own music, but sometimes he pushes it a little far and should give some more credit to those who originally created it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvb-1wjAtk4...The music industry is based off of this and sampling is an easy way to build the popularity of not only the new version, but the original as well. It also promotes awareness for the past, when new generations sample old songs, it brings awareness and appreciation of the artists of the past. It allows older artists to stay current for years and years. Jay-Z is a known for using alot of lines from the Notorious B.I.G, it is a way of keeping the memory of arguably the greatest rapper alive.
While Girl Talk takes alot of the music and remixes it to a brand new sound, he does use older songs and adds a modern twist to them. He can take a laid back song and turn it into a club banger, it makes him a lot of money. Should he have to pay for what he does? As of now the answer is no, but in the future, there could be a very serious law suit. He does in a way create his own music, but sometimes he pushes it a little far and should give some more credit to those who originally created it.
We are not the only ones talking about Kinect...
Check out this article from Wired: 5 things you didn't know about Mircosoft's Kinect
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
culture jamming
I feel this entire discussion about music, file sharing, copyrights, and "remixing" is very interesting and raises a lot of eyebrows. Now more than ever, it is looked down upon to take things from others. At the same time, our society tell us that it is healthy to be inspired by others and take their certain aspects and make them our own. We live during a time where inspiration comes in all shapes and forms, and it is amazing to be able to share ideas. With fashion, we are inspired by others. With writing, we are encouraged to cite others' thoughts and incorporate them with our own. But music... music is an entirely different issue.
With technology, music has become much more accessible than it was in the past. As opposed to spending $15 on a CD in which you only like 2 of the songs anyway, a free download of a song is only a click away. The emergence of illegal downloading and file sharing has almost become part of the norm. People download limewire of frostwire, and their entire music library can be accumulated in a matter of seconds. It is so easy to maintain songs nowadays but also so... illegal. And why is this? Why is it okay to copy fashion and other items, but not music? I personally feel it is more because of the recording companies than anything. Many of the music artists are just trying to get their songs out to the public, regardless of whether the consumer pays or not. These artists thrive from concert sales, merchandise, TV appearances, etc. Only a small portion of their salary comes from the CD sales anyway. It is the big bad recording companies who are against the act of file sharing. It is them who are losing profit.
It is crazy that in today's world, listening to music has become such an issue. Not even downloading it, but manipulating it and using it as well. GirlTalk, who takes samples from several songs and makes them his own, also faces lawsuits more and more every day. Although he is taking something that already exists and putting his own spin on it, it is still considered "stealing." All this talk about "stealing." The consumer steals, the up and coming DJ steals. Maybe if we made everything public to begin with, we would not be facing such a problem.
As big of a deal that this all seems to be, I doubt any of this music drama will be going anywhere soon. We are become more and more advanced every day. If we don't use limewire to download music for free, something else will come along. If GirlTalk isn't remixing music, someone else will. This is who we have become... and I don't see it necessarily as a bad thing.
With technology, music has become much more accessible than it was in the past. As opposed to spending $15 on a CD in which you only like 2 of the songs anyway, a free download of a song is only a click away. The emergence of illegal downloading and file sharing has almost become part of the norm. People download limewire of frostwire, and their entire music library can be accumulated in a matter of seconds. It is so easy to maintain songs nowadays but also so... illegal. And why is this? Why is it okay to copy fashion and other items, but not music? I personally feel it is more because of the recording companies than anything. Many of the music artists are just trying to get their songs out to the public, regardless of whether the consumer pays or not. These artists thrive from concert sales, merchandise, TV appearances, etc. Only a small portion of their salary comes from the CD sales anyway. It is the big bad recording companies who are against the act of file sharing. It is them who are losing profit.
It is crazy that in today's world, listening to music has become such an issue. Not even downloading it, but manipulating it and using it as well. GirlTalk, who takes samples from several songs and makes them his own, also faces lawsuits more and more every day. Although he is taking something that already exists and putting his own spin on it, it is still considered "stealing." All this talk about "stealing." The consumer steals, the up and coming DJ steals. Maybe if we made everything public to begin with, we would not be facing such a problem.
As big of a deal that this all seems to be, I doubt any of this music drama will be going anywhere soon. We are become more and more advanced every day. If we don't use limewire to download music for free, something else will come along. If GirlTalk isn't remixing music, someone else will. This is who we have become... and I don't see it necessarily as a bad thing.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Limewire!
In class we were asked if we downloaded media illegally. Well, whether or not you do- you most likely know what Limewire is. However, in case you don't Limewire is a free peer-to-peer sharing. In another class of mine, Introduction to Media and Society, we also keep up with a semester long blog- mine is focused on music. When I was creating a recent post I stumbled upon the current lawsuit against Limewire for copyright infringement. If you now visit Limewire's officially website (www.limewire.com), you cannot click around on the site, rather you see a white box stating, " LEGAL NOTICE: This is an official notice that LimeWire is under a court-ordered injunction to stop distributing and supporting its file-sharing software. Downloading or sharing copyrighted content without authorization is illegal.". From my understanding, this is a recent charge of which I have found many article on. I was particularly struck by the article by the RIAA, claiming Limewire shouldn't be proud (Limewire employees are still stating that they are proud of what they did and hold no shame). Here is the link to the article, http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2371667,00.asp.
Personally, I was expecting this to happen eventually and I am surprised it took this long. I believe that this incident may serve as a catalyst in the movement to reform digital media- as far as obtaining music, downloading, etc.
Personally, I was expecting this to happen eventually and I am surprised it took this long. I believe that this incident may serve as a catalyst in the movement to reform digital media- as far as obtaining music, downloading, etc.
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