CopyRIGHT

The movie, "Rip! A Remix Manifesto," brought up many problems related to copyright laws that I had never really noticed before. I thought that using the example of artist Girl Talk was very beneficial to the objective of the movie-makers, for the audience could really understand the arguments of those opposed to copyright laws. Something that I took away from the film was the realization of how much of the media is protected by these laws and why that makes people upset. In some ways, it bothered me to hear about how much information is legally unavailable to the public, even if the information is being used for educational purposes. However, I am not opposed to most copyright laws. I believe that these laws were created for a certain reason, and that reason is to ensure that those who have written, composed, or produced something new will be able to get success that they deserve. I say this because although it may seem unfair that music producers who are already extremely wealthy profit even more under these laws, one has to realize that this is a capitalist society. Using the example of wealthy music producers, like it or not, they will keep becoming more wealthy under these laws as long as the public continues to invest in music. I believe that anybody works hard to achieve something that is successful deserves to be rewarded, whether that reward be money or protection from anybody less creative and innovative than him/her attempting to steal their work.