Okay so what do you think? Is copying theft or not? Well its commonly known as plagiarism if we copy someone else’s work are try to show it as our own. Yes that is what is commonly accepted.
I was surprised to watch a very interesting video today. It’s named “Copying Is Not Theft.” The video is made by an animator named Nina Paley, who recorded the video track in her voice. She is asking the internet world to make music for this video however anyone wants it. Its a very catchy song with a cute animation. But the lyrics actually made me laugh into tears. I mean, the way she sings the song and the lyrics are written it makes you think for a second that copying is actually fun. Check out the video below before we carry on with our discussion:
Nina Paley is an animator and she has experienced that it is much more profitable if people remove the copyright restrictions. Nina experienced it herself when she launched her film “Sita Sings the Blues” for free over the internet. She believes that if everyone is allowed to sell your content, screen your content or make copies of your content, it eventually helps a person more rather than going through a traditional distribution channel. For further details on “Sita Sings the Blues” and how Nina benefited from that campaign, check this out: http://questioncopyright.org/sita_distribution
So what do you think? Isn’t copying fun? In my opinion, it depends how you leverage the platforms that are available.
