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September 26, 2005
Acceptable because of Katrina
I think the only reason this is even going on is because of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina (and soon, it will be both Katrina and Rite snatching up headlines). For the sake of what these people are doing with the pieces of material sent out everywhere, I believe it is a positive social ends. People are caring more about the point this is going to make, rather then the money they will see for the reproduction of their clip. If this weren't for a good cause, there would be copy right suits all over the place because splicing videos together isn't acceptable.
In the article Elijah Wald, a music historian, stated that, "This tradition of responding culturally to terrible events had almost been forgotten...but in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, it may be making a comeback, with the obvious difference that, where Franklin would have sold a few song sheets to his fellow Philadelphians, the Internet allows artists today to reach the whole world." To send a strong message to the people so that something can be done to change any wrong doing that is going on, people can over look the politics of the matter and (hopefully) continue to try and make good of a bad situation.
Posted by Deena Aglialoro at September 26, 2005 12:15 PM
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