captainwow
Chris Reddie
Multi Media Entry #4
Copywrite and piracy
10/14/12 by captainwow
This will be really short. Fuck piracy laws. There I said it. I hate them and they need to be gone. They are there to protect the companies that control interests in intellectual properties. I am a content creator myself and I firmly believe that everything I do is open for EVERYONE. That's right I am giving permission to the entirety of the world, the internet any aliens who can read this, a sentient planet, I don't care who you are, EVERYONE can take anything of mine and use it, remix it, show it off, display it or share it. Just take it. and I am urging others to do the same.
In that vein. I have created an image and a plan. If you are willing post this on your profile as a badge of resistance against those who want to tell us how to use our media.
http://chrisreddie.deviantart.com/#/d5hu6sp
If my content isn't classified as creative commons it's only because I'm stupid and didn't press the little tab. Assume everything is! And use my stuff to your heart's content.
Chris
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10/19/12
The conversation we have might be confusing, yet i get your point now, at least i think.
my english isn't THAT good which might be the cause.
however i do think you meant it like so; you approve samples from whatever song, ONLY if there is permission to use it yet without any... risks
am i correct?
if i am not correct, this conversation stops here as my english is too poorly.
if i am correct, then thankfully i understood.
also, im sorry for.. spamming your news post with silly comments. its kinda useless i think to get something straight. so yea. my apologies.
10/19/12
hey there,
first things first, i havent used ANY original samples from the original song you mentioned.
and yet you say i did?
how could you be so sure?
i remix by ear not by samples or whatever..
that been said i did not ask the original author to do the remix,
yet i have never ever got any WARNING sign..
the second sentence was nothing, it was more of a joke so forget about that if you will please.
No, no you misunderstand my point. All I was saying is that you have used other people's content without their permission, so if you copywrite law as it seemed that you did by the comment that you wrote, you could not make the song without express permission of the original author of the song that you used. I personally support the use of samples as long as there is no monetary gain unless expressly allowed by the original author.
I think that there has been much confusion involved in our conversations.
10/16/12
as if they are publicly made legal you can expect the loss in revenue for those in the entertainment and media industry to be significantly more than 1%.
So while I don't believe their is any practical way to justify a piracy law ("stealing" intellectual property =/= stealing a car) if you think about it pragmatically, removing piracy laws can do more harm than good. and that's all I have to say on this issue for now.
Thank you for the well thought out comment on the news entry. I realized after reading your response that I should clarify a couple of things. First off, I don't condone piracy as such, it's more of an understanding. I buy software and movies. I don't try to steal them. But then again I also listen to music on youtube and have downloaded illegally in the past. I'd be a hypocrite to say I haven't. Also I agree that the removal of piracy laws isn't the answer, but I do think that we need to alter them so that the artists who create content get paid instead of corporations that publicize them. As it stands I the artist (at least when it comes to music) garners about 8% I believe. I may be wrong but I remember that being the figures.
That being said, I have chosen the route of free distribution for the various projects that I have on the go. As is the case with many folks involved with artistic endeavors I assume that I will never make any money doing what I do. Once I released my stuff on the net I assumed it was gone to the world.
I don't know if this reply made any goddamn sense but I at least wanted to respond with something to your reply.
Thanks again for the response!
10/16/12
I want to agree with the premise of your argument. Too often piracy laws are used to jew even more money out of people. Intellectual property is not physical, it's not a limited resource, therefore it cannot be legitimately assigned a monetary value. Next are we going to charge people for their emotions? If I have a eidetic memory, and I can remember library books and CDs perfectly, am I guilty of committing piracy through my memory? Surely companies are not charging hundreds of dollars just for the textbooks paper and ink.
I understand people need to make a living- but maybe these artists and whatnot need to get a "real" job like everyone else. And if what you make is good enough, people will buy it. On a large scale, KhanAcademy and Wikipedia are solid examples of this. Completely free, both in the sense of not having to pay and free of advertisements. These services run entirely on donations. Otherwise, if your content is very good, and you draw in lots of visitors, companies will then pay you for ad-space. And this can be done in a non abrasive way (i.e. Facebook, Myspace would be a very bad example).
I say "want" to agree because there are indeed lots of potential flaws in disregarding laws of piracy. For example, movie/video game rental chains are slowly dieing out due to services like Netflix/Gamefly and those 1$ a day movie rentals at grocery stores. 90% of the CDs/DVDs and the like is available on the internet for free. Sometimes legally, and sometimes not. This can remove a lot of potential jobs in the retail industry. (which is a good thing in and of itself, people should be working in fields where there is room for future innovation that would benefit society- but where do the funds come to educate these people in their new roles?) Like I said above, if people really want a certain product, they will end up purchasing it. And supposedly bootlegs and piracy don't damage the industry THAT much comparatively speaking (the estimated loss in sales in a multi-billion dollar industry due to piracy are around 1.5% or so the last time I checked). However, keeping these ideas in mind may give artists and such less incentive to create quality products. which is shame because artists should do what they do for the sake of their craft, not for the external rewards. Also, more potential problems lie in outright removing the piracy laws
10/15/12
well.. its there to protect whatever is theirs ..
i wouldn't put my mom on your list tho.. i'd rather protect.
how abt u?
I can appreciate the fact that you'd like to protect your creative content. I have been to your profile and I listened to one of your songs. Kernkraft400 -Bigroom Rmx to be specific. Did you secure the license to the original sample? If not you actively engaged in piracy by the rules set forth by North American and European law.
Could you please clarify your second sentence I'm not sure what you are trying to put across. I am not forming a list, does your mom create music? I'm simply urging artists to create content for the sake of it, and to reform the way that we monetize our creations. I am promoting sharing for sharing's sake.
Look forward to hearing from you.
10/14/12
Finally, something I can relate with.
Fuckin a! Thanks for the comment.