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 Summary:

This article explores "Remix Culture," a cultural phenomenon that allows and encourages the creation of derivative works by combining or editing existing material. Remix culture emphasizes the improvement, adaptation, and integration of the work of others, but in the past few decades, this method of creation has come under increasing legal restrictions as copyright protection has increased. Harvard Law School professor Lawrence Lessig, an ardent advocate of remix culture, founded Creative Commons in 2001 to advance it in the digital age by offering flexible licensing agreements.

This paper reviews the evolution of mixing culture from a historical perspective and points out that mixing is not a new phenomenon, but a part of human culture. For example, the medieval literary genre "Cento" was created by recombining the works of other authors. With advances in technology, especially the proliferation of digital technology, there has been a Renaissance in remix culture. The advent of the Internet and Web 2.0 has made user-generated content possible, and platforms such as blogs, social media, and open source software have opened up a vast space for remix creation.

However, current copyright laws pose a challenge to remix culture. Although the "Fair Use" doctrine provides a legal basis for some remixes, its boundaries are vague, leaving many creators at legal risk. Lessig and others have called for copyright law to be reformed to better adapt to the creative needs of the digital age.

The article also lists examples of remix culture in different fields, such as sampling and remixing in music, appropriation in the visual arts, book mashups in literature, and open source development in software. These examples show how remix culture crosses artistic, technical, and social boundaries to become a global creative phenomenon.

Interesting point:

A musical mashup is a method of composing pieces of different songs into new compositions. For example, mashup artist Girl Talk makes albums by sampling hundreds of copyrighted songs and claiming that their work is "fair use."

Discussion:

If an artist creates entirely new music by sampling the work of others, should that be considered independent artistic expression, or simply a reliance on the original? Will this way of creation have an impact on the traditional mode of artistic creation?