Blog Post 12: Fair Practice

Should all videos on the internet have copy-rights? I don't  believe they should. If you are an artist, tutorial maker, or make some sort of art/performance, I believe that is yours to own. If you upload a meme, then that meme is essentially open sourced. I don't think people should get upset when people remix their memes, that is the intent of them. I come from a software background where sharing open-source code is the bread and butter of programming. People make algorithms, softwares, music that we can all enjoy and pay if we think it's worth paying for. This model is what I believe is essential to survive in the digital age. If you want to sell your product, get on youtube, make a paid for website or whatever you think is necessary. If you upload something on to the internet, don't be surprised when people take it and use it for their own intent.

I make music and sampling is one of my bread and butters, I think sampling should be allowed on a large scale. There is of course rules you need to follow but if anything sampling just makes people check out the original source giving them more traffic.

Iron Maiden not to long ago had a tour that went to towns where they were most torrented and sold out every show. This to me shows a progressive mindset everyone should take on.

(2008) Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online video. Center for Social Media