Last week we watched Rip!: A Remix Manifesto in class and it was interesting because I have never heard of Girl Talk. After watching the documentary, you start to think, if people who can just put remixes on someone else's songs, not completely just copy it word for word but change a few things around, it can still be illegal and stolen copyright. The people who were unfortunately sued for downloading music, made me feel so irritated that these people who could've just easily deleted the music and never do it again be in so much debt. The music industry in my opinion, I don't feel sorry for because it wasn't the citizen's fault to be able to download music. If anything, it should just be the sites that allow people who can download music on youtube or on any converter (the people who created it). In a way I understand that it's not their music but it's just a way of expressing music and having a good time instead of thinking about all the technical things such as copyright. I don't know there's so many pros and cons about this topic, but overall, I enjoy documentaries such as this one that shows things to think about whether this person did something so bad or good for the people who love his music.
We also had a good class discussion about contracts and patents after we learned about it in class. Patents are very important to a designer because like every inventor, engineer, musician, etc -- you want your things to be yours and have credit for it. Especially if it's something that you know you helped better the environment.
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