Do you believe that creativity is limited if you don’t have access to tools,
technology or libraries of content (i.e. musical samples or video clips)? Would
your creativity be redirected into another medium, or might it cease to exist
without this access?
Good question! I do believe it is limited, yes, in that with access you can develop a certain kind of creativity - and develop certain talents much more quickly than you could otherwise. I think remixing is a unique medium for commenting upon our cultural experiences that isn't easily replicable in other mediums, if at all.
This documentary really emphasized the senseless greed and out-of-bounds power and influence of media corporations. Suing a lower middle class mother over a couple Shania Twain songs - to the "tune" of $9k per song - is just pathetic and disgusting in every way. Why take a quarter of her salary every month? To what end? That's the most outrageous part of the documentary, to my mind. The punishment so exceeds the actual crime committed that it is objectionable on every moral and ethical principle imaginable. It's just senseless bullying.
The Brazil stuff and the footage from music festivals was all pretty cool. Now I feel like dancing.
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