Reading "Remix" made me realize how serious large companies take copyright issues. I had no idea that a mother who downloaded a video on Youtube of her 18 month baby dancing to Prince's song could get sued for $150,000 because the video is classified as a copyright. She simply just downloaded the video because she thought it was funny and cute, she had no idea it could be viewed as copyright. Another example, a girl making a project about what goes into becoming a celebrity got sued because she used a picture of John Lennon in her project and it was considered copyright. I believe these are all unintentional copyrights, meaning individuals are not aware that those actions/ideas could be interrupted as copyrights. I think that if one wants to include the works of an artist in another form of their own entertainment, they should give the artist credit because the individuals "own" idea did after all derive from the previous artists idea. The author Lessig did not only provide readers with several examples of copyright situations between singers and people using their music as entertainment, but also compared copyright laws of other countries.
Sophia Fundora The text "Really Responding" surprised me in the way that Richard Straub claimed that putting forth maximum effort when peer reviewing someone else's paper could make you an even better writer. He emphasizes the importance of writing comments within the margarines and summarizing the paper in your own words. I believe that this strategy mentioned could be very helpful not only for the person who's paper your reviewing but for yourself as well. It helps the writer see how the audience would perceive their paper and what they need to work on. It helps the reviewer by enhancing their comprehension skills and applying their own comments on their own paper as well. I also believe his strategy of taking the stage of drafting in to consideration when peer reviewing could be very helpful. For example, Straub mentions how if it's a first or rough draft, try not to deal with all the editing at once but instead focus on the large picture like the focus, con...
Even innocent mistakes like that of the mother in the example can potentially hurt an artist monetarily, which is why copyright exists. It is fairly common in the modern world, therefore, as you said, credit should always be given to avoid this issue.
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