After taking my first few courses here at Full Sail University, I was afraid to use anybody’s work. Even worst, I was afraid to create my own work in fear that I would be breaking some laws. The videos on copyright helped calmed those fears considerably.
Random Thoughts About The State of Copyright
Times are changing. Creativity is changing. People are changing. Therefore, copyright laws should also change. What good is material, if no one can see or use it? Additionally, the film and music industries need to change and adapt and stop focusing on doing business as usual.
When people are able to remix music, I believe it gives life to the original music and creator.
I am thankful for Creative Commons. I learned about the site in one of my earlier classes but I never really took the time to understand and use it. Creative Commons adds flexibility and gives creators more control as to how their work is copied and distributed.
In high school, I wrote a piece of music and I remember my teacher telling me it sounds like a song he’d heard before. However, I’d never heard the song or of the author. With the amount of music and other creatively created art in the world, it stands to reason that innocent creators will create something that is either the same or extremely similar to something that already exists. How do you overcome this issue while not stifling the creative community?
