Our cultures and the Remix

These 2 videos are from the TED website, they both take a look at the world's government and organizations view on copyright in light of the fair use and creativity. Both people talk about the Creative Commons as an example of how we can deal with modern creativity and the role of the author or creator of the content.

In our current world the music and film industry are trying to destroy or at least control the copying or remixing of their item's (which they distribute and hold the rights to) These action goes agents the digital world and the younger generations as they have been bought up in the environment and learning the skills which allow them to remix the materials. This fair use and remixing has happened all through our culture at different times, from Disney to present day political campaigns. We live in a world which is interlinked with pop culture and historic culture, which allows symbolism of all different mediums to occur; this has increased to a point where people understand and engage with society only through this symbolism, such as the internet with meme's.

So this cracking down on the out dated ideas of copyright maybe destroying our future ability to understand the world around us and to preform creative acts.