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.
For my action plan I will add more pictures to my website and continue to expand on my topic. I also plan to make posters to place around campus to reach outside audiences and use that as my nondigital source. I will continue to work over the weekend to finish the project and best carry out my message on my website.
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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