Here’s the big argument why copyright should be off by default: the world makes more interesting things when sharing is on by default.
First up is Kutiman, who took the little demos that folks upload to youtube and turned it into a whole album, called Thru You.
PLEASE go check out the rest of that album.
The opposite side of that is fans love doing remixes and covers of the musicians they love. Then they share those covers. That is how culture is supposed to work. Sometimes the artists freak out and try to stop that sharing. Some artists say thank you. Some artists do even better and actually make a transformative work out what their fans did. I don’t know of anyone who has done this better than Gotye with Somebodies:
For more, watch Everything is a Remix.Here’s episode one.
Everything is a Remix Part 1 from Kirby Ferguson on Vimeo.
— Whoops! I’ve been trying to do a music video Monday thing – looks like I scheduled this post for the wrong day.
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Listening to thru-you right now, and it’s awesome. I’m really enjoying the music posts, keep it up!