In class today we watched the movie “Rip! A Remix Manifesto” by Brett Gaylor. This movie surprised me the entire time. I knew copyright was strictly based on the intolerance of plagiarism in school but I did not realize the complexity of copyright. This movie has made me wonder… am I allowed to sing songs with my friends?… When you are using an artist’s work but changing it, why does it depend on the situation if this is considered plagiarism?… If 52 million people were copyright criminals, shouldn’t the laws be changed?… What makes specific people a target to the RIAA because I think there are way more people that have copyrighted than they can target… Why can you not just cite and reference a song at the end of your video like you do for other people’s writing/words… Everything comes from something, artists are inspired by nature so are they copyrighting nature?… If an artist creates a song with two notes the same in the same order, is that considered copyright? I found it very interesting that you are allowed to use 10% of a song for commercial uses without paying for it but this movie has made me think back and reconsider all the music, short films, and videos I have created for past school projects and if I was copyrighting. I also did not realize that I could have been fined for singing “Happy Birthday” in public before last year. I still do not fully understand copyright and all the rules that come with it but I strongly believe copyright has created a world full of criminals.

https://www.nfb.ca/film/rip_a_remix_manifesto/

 

I believe the resources that were shown in class today in regards to Open Educational Resources will be helpful in the future. I will use some of them to ensure I am not copyrighting in my future classrooms. The con that comes with these resources is that there may not be as many options, some of them may not work, and they are not as fast and convenient.Â