Sydney Meyer
April,17,2018
The reading was interesting to me because its strange how something so innocent can become something that is very serious. The example of Stephanie Lenz with the prince song is weird to me. I get Universals side as to why they made YouTube take down the video however, I don't see why it would come to suing Stephanie if it didn't get taken down. The other examples how there are rules that not everyone knows about and because one person may get away with it doesn't necessarily mean that it is the correct way of using music. copyrights in general are tricky let alone when they have specific rules for different artists. When making a remix lawyers will state that permission is vital because you are still using their music. Therefore if you are going to make a new song but using a sample from another artist you have to have their permission or you are stealing their work.
April,17,2018
The reading was interesting to me because its strange how something so innocent can become something that is very serious. The example of Stephanie Lenz with the prince song is weird to me. I get Universals side as to why they made YouTube take down the video however, I don't see why it would come to suing Stephanie if it didn't get taken down. The other examples how there are rules that not everyone knows about and because one person may get away with it doesn't necessarily mean that it is the correct way of using music. copyrights in general are tricky let alone when they have specific rules for different artists. When making a remix lawyers will state that permission is vital because you are still using their music. Therefore if you are going to make a new song but using a sample from another artist you have to have their permission or you are stealing their work.
I agree that copyrights can be tricky to understand, and also that the mother should not have been sued for that much money because she was unaware of her actions. Taking the YouTube video down is one thing, but making her pay $150,000 is very ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteI think Universals actions were extremely greedy and that they don't care about the effects of their products on their audience. I also think it is absurd to think that a normal middle class person should ask permission from a social lite, with a possible
ReplyDelete40-million followers, to use their song... I just don't see how that's possible. If credit is given to the original author, the new artist should not be reprimanded... in my opinion anyways.