Saturday, November 01, 2008
Don't Make Criminals Out of Artists, Kids With Computers: Books
Bloomberg.com: Arts and Culture: "Who'd have thought a person could be tarred a ``terrorist'' or ``pirate'' by respected show-business leaders simply for sharing a Metallica song with a stranger or posting a YouTube video of a toddler dancing to Prince's ``Let's Go Crazy''?"
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The last few lines of the article summed up the whole situation with "Draconian Law". Were told, interact, play, have fun...create! But at the same time there's this opposing force of no you can't do that. RIAA and crew have created the perfect catch 22.
I whole-heartily agree that the copyright laws are not suited to handle the digital age, and that new laws need to be written to address the age of digital mediums. Enforcing the same archaic laws will just continue to anger the younger generations, and lead to more "illegal" activities by more people who feel that the law is wrong, not them.
They can't make money off of it and it just kills them. I personally love it, taking the power out of corporate hands hand placing it back into the public's power. Seeing them try to control it to the degree they once could is just funny now. They are only going to lose more control and the arts are simply making their way back into the peoples hands, where it belongs. and it has been said by many that, "All good art is dangerous, and some kind of activism." the best artist are criminals, those who do not conform.
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