Week 5: Topic 1

After watching the documentary, what I found most interesting was that really there is nothing people can do to catch music makers and artists that remake "mash" artists original songs into something that original of its own but sound the same, in a way. But there are so many people out there trying to catch these people who do this thing such as "copy right" and to fine them as criminals. For example in the video at around 22 minutes, a guy is explaining that this all needs to be resolved and that this is criminal action. In my mind today, this isn't the case what so ever. Everyone in this day an age does this whether people like it or not and it has become such a expectant to people that its the way we live in todays societies around the world. For me, I wasn't fortunate enough years ago to have money for apple music and to buy dollar too two dollar songs off of iTunes. I went the rout of illegal downloading music using different sources to allow me to have these songs that I couldn't afford. I knew it was illegal but so many people I knew were doing it, it just became the norm. 

One question I have about about copy right is why is it still targeting people who show support and try and create music for their own self but also to help promote the original artists? for example, during the documentary then couldn't play songs longer than a certain point because of copy right issues, but wouldn't u want people to play and show off your music so other will hear it allowing it to grow to new audiences?

In 2008 a rap artist by the name of Birdman was caught and battled lawsuits because of sampling other artists music without paying licensing fees. As a producer, co-founder of Cash Money Records, and a artists himself, Birdman failed to pay these fees and has been enforced by law enforcement to get him and his crew to pay the money he owes. 

Even though Birdman has signed many famous artists and has created their careers basically from underneath him self and helped make them who they are today, that doesn't mean he can take anyones music and sample it for his own benefit for himself, and for his artists under his label. I think the action that should be taken is to make him pay whats due and follow the law that surrounds artist to protect them from things like this. Just because someone has high power in the music industry doesn't mean they can be free and take anyones music. For us people who arn't in that industry its hard to get a sample of a song like he can, making it wrong for him to do what he was doing.