Ecstasy of Influence discusses one topic Iām quite interested in. Plagiarism and copyright.
I must note that I do agree that in academic world plagiarism is unacceptable and any major piece of information should be credited to source. However, on a grander scheme of things, such as internet, there should be no copyright laws unless one is trying to make money from almost identical product. Copy right on pictures, videos, even music, should not controlled. By trying to enforce regulations, companies and government are denying people their basic rights and their freedom. People are free to express themselves in any forms until it is potentially harmful towards other individuals. Sampling a song to create something new, or using a track which perfectly describes the emotions, feelings, message you are trying to send is creativity in its purest form and it shall not be punished.
The only acceptable scenarios where copyright makes sense is when people are trying to sell your product without any effort put into altering or modifying it. Such goes for applications and stolen ideas ( Facebook for example ). But can one consider those thing art?