A remix manifesto

A remix manifesto is a documentary discussing the use of mash ups and how they have lead to lawsuits due to copyright infringements.  It shows people that have been sued as a result of copying original material without understanding that what they are doing is illegal although they are taking samples in order to create something new.
As intellectual property means that if you did not create it your are not allowed to use it, is now being closely watched, it can result in creativity of an individual not being shared or restricted so that information is no longer shared which goes against what web 2.0 stands for in a whole.

As the internet shares information and allows access to everyone in most websites it can change the way people view looking at other information in general. When people browse through websites, they never really look to read the terms and conditions that certain websites may have, they just tend to go straight to the information they are looking for. A result of this could potentially change people off the World Wide Web and continue their habits of looking straight into the information they want in real life without really thinking about the consequences.

Napstar (1999) was a on-line peer-to-peer music website which let people share music to each other and download music tracks. Napstar faced lawsuits as the songs from music groups were let free to download which meant that the record label of the songs were not making any profit through CD sales. Rock band Metallica and Dr. Dre were noticeable by the media for suing for copyright infringement.

An advantage and disadvantage of intellectual property is that once you create something, others are not allowed to use it while it means that if another individual makes an idea for themselves that is similar to another persons, they can be seen as copying it and trying to make it their own regardless of if it is innocent or not. Although there are loop holes such as creative commons which allow you to use another persons material as long as they do not claim it to be their own work.

A remix manifesto (part1)
A remix manifesto (part 2)
A remix manifesto (part 3)
A remix manifesto (part 4)
A remix manifesto (part 5)
A remix manifesto (part 6)
A remix manifesto (part 7)
A remix manifesto (part 8)
A remix manifesto (part 9)
Napstar lawsuits 
Creative commons