The video RIP! A Remix Manifesto was a different take on its relation to sustainability that we’ve been watching and mainly focused on copyright laws that are very apparent in our current society. Many consumers are now demanding to be producers through their own music that they’ve put together and promote it largely through social media sites like YouTube. They’ve passed up these large publishing companies and made “covers” or their own versions of songs as a way to promote their music and be noticed. By not using typical means of promotions for music we have created our own culture in that consumers prefer something more relatable to their own lives and not something that is strictly corporate and controlled. There still needs to be a limit that protects artists, but it shouldn’t be so controlled that it hinders the creation and development of newer and refined designs.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/88782
I thought the film Battle in Seattle to be a very powerful movie of the WTO Conference in 1999. It really seemed to capture the struggle of the protest and the differentiating sides. At times it was very intense and it was interesting to see the civilian’s point of view and how they were dragged into the conflict. Whether it was the way the film portrayed it or not I disliked how the police handled the protestors. I think a better alternative to handling the violent protestors was to pick them out and handle them accordingly because they were vandalizing which is still a crime. Then the peaceful protestors could have still continued their protest with minimal injury and uproar.
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I felt the same when I watched Battle in Seattle, too. I believe Violent would not solve anything, and it only creates vengeance.
it was disturbing to see that the mayor wanted to keep peace and not turn his town to a battle ground but people higher up than him in power wanted it to be taken care of with power. I wonder if the protest would have turned into such huge riots if the police had been non-violence also?
I agree with you on the documentary, companies shouldn’t be allowed to restrict our creative minds, it stops us from progressing and moving forward all because they want to make a profit. I also didn’t like how Disney was able to use past stories and create movies out of it and then when they created something of their own, put a patent on it and didn’t allow anyone to build of their work. I didn’t get to watch Battle in Seattle, but from what I’ve read it seems like a good movie to watch. Peaceful protest is always the way to go.