As we dive head-first into the 21st century, the world is becoming a drastically different beast from what we've dealt with in the past. However, our roots are beginning to show. We're approaching the 100th anniversary of the Dada movement, which established some important questions that we still haven't resolved to date, and even some that have evolved drastically over time. Dada brought for the first time into art the concept of the 'readymade', re-appropriating something to incorporate it into an art piece. We have a more technical term for the readymade today, however: copyright infringement. Sure it's been around longer than Dada, but it's coming into its own now. Photos, music, movies, furniture designs, fonts, the list goes on. Its getting to the point though where enforcement of copyright is impossible. How many people steal a song every day? How many people incorporate something that isn't their's into a photoshop doodle, or watch a movie they didn't buy? Who would pay hundreds of dollars for a font license if they're just doing a project for school, or a local club? Imagine the size of the task force that would be required to catch every copyright infraction. It would literally need to be everywhere at every point in time. Copyright simply can't survive a this size and scale of application. It's the beginning of a concept that is a bit out of our current paradigm: completely free media. But that's for another post...
Also, as an afterthought...BLAGH! A blog. Pew pew, enjoy.
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