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>Remix culture is the new Prohibition, with massive media companies as the lone voices calling for temperance. You can criminalize commonplace activities from law-abiding people, but eventually, something has to give.
I hope it does give. There has to be some semblance of balance and sanity introduced to copyright law. It's not just today's youth engaging in 'illegal' infringement behavior. I remember the RIAA opining years and years ago that cassette mix tapes were illegal. Come on. How were teenage males in the 80's supposed to awkwardly win over the girl they had their eye on without mix tapes? At the same time, there has to be some protection for the artists and their ability to profit from their work, but as it stands today, copyright is overbearing for consumers, and protects industry player profits over those of the artist. It's a lose lose for the two groups that we should really care about: The artist and the fans.