Monday, October 11, 2010

Copyright Blunder

Thoughts in relation to The Fair(y) Use Tale and the Barbie in A Blender Day:
Copyright was imposed to protect the original works of the creator. But the question we should ask ourselves is copyright halting the creativity and freedom of the common people? The Fair(y) Use of Tale video clearly projected the issue by playing with the snippets from different Disney films to emphasize the problem with copyright. It is rather contradicting when we are exposed to the popular culture so extensively by major corporations and yet we are only constricted to express our views and sometimes forced to swallow information we were fed to down our throats. These popular cultures are often off limits and fair use rights are challenged. It was mentioned in the video that the monetary value of these protected works is the drive behind copyright and law suits against free speech. Major companies have an image they would want to preserve in order to sell and market their products. Therefore, they tried to stuff corks in the bottleneck of creativity and freedom outside their corporations and because these companies could outspend the regular individuals who wish to express and comment on popular icons and symbols, individuals became more reserved and idle to popular cultures.
There are always two sides to the story, so why we as consumers are only fed with the upsides of a product when it is obvious that there other negative facets? And why we are constricted to abide and uphold the major corporations aims of projecting a profitable image? And most importantly, why are we subjected to be walking ambassadors to the copyrighted materials? Ridiculously, some works of expression which projected a good image of the product were not sued but adopted and bought by the major companies.

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