mashups

How are mashups posing a potential threat to copyright laws online?

 

Mashups are posting a potential threat to the copyright laws especially in this generation because it is so easy to do now. In today’s world music is easily made through apps and software and mashing up songs together has been more easier than ever. Personally, I sometimes find myself listening to mashed up songs from artist that are passed away and having their voice on a more modern instrumental. For example :

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC2-_L1TomY

2Pac ft. Lil Uzi Vert – XO TOUR Llif3 Remix (Produced By TM88)

 

When it comes to the copyright laws this can cause a lot of harm because these songs are fan made and money is not getting pushed through that artist and the record label. It’s almost like it getting stolen from the artist without permission. They are ways you can get certain permission for things sampled from songs although a large amount of your pay will go to them as well.

 

Something similar is happening in the youtube world,YouTube is forcing major media companies to opt in or out of participatory culture — with companies like MTV Networks enabling certain content to circulate through this channel or several major Japanese media companies deciding to yank their anime-related content off last week.” With these copyright claims, it’s almost impossible to make things like the old anime music videos that people around my age group use to watch that were once popular when youtube was first introduced to the public. I feel like it isn’t fair because people should have the freedom to use what they want especially  if it’s for non profit at least. It mashups don’t really hurt the sales of the music listener as much because they usually come out much after the song is released somewhat making it more relevant again.

 

“Capitalism, rooted in the idea of earning income by way of idle share ownership, requires centralised control, without which peer producers have no reason to share their income with outside shareholders. Capitalism, therefore, is incompatible with free P2P networks, and thus, so long as the financing of internet development comes from private shareholders looking to capture value by owning internet resources, the network will only become more restricted and centralised.”

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