Copyright, Mashups, and Creative Commons

First, learn about Creative Commons and Read/Write Culture through the following three videos:

• A Shared Culture
• Wanna Work Together?
• Lawrence Lessig: Re-examining the remix

You have seen how digital technology like YouTube allows people to easily create mashups and remixes - hybrid songs and/or videos through a combination of pieces of many other songs and videos and/or original content - which can violate copyright laws.

• Do you think the law should allow these kinds of creative expressions? Why? 
• How can creative culture of user generated content be revived? Why is it important? Or not?
• Is Creative Commons good for copyright holders and market competition? Why? Or not?
• How should these intellectual property rights of people who create images, videos, and music be protected? Why is it necessary?
• Should digital rights management (DRM) technologies be utilized? Why?