RTA 310 Study Guide - Final Guide: Remix Culture, Derivative Work, Personal Taste

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Media Studies
• Course: RTA 310
• Professor: Adam Miller

Document Summary

Global activity consisting of the creative and efficient exchange of information made possible by digital technologies. The activity of taking samples from pre existing materials to combine them into new forms according to personal taste. A longer version of the original song more mixable for the club dj. It allegorizes and extends the aesthetic of sampling, where the remixed version. L and claims autonomy even when it carries the name challenges the aura of the origina of the original; material is added or deleted, but the original tracks are largely left intact to be recognizable. Focuses on whether the new work merely supersedes the objects of the original creation, or whether and to what extent it is "transformative," altering the original with new expression, meaning, or message . Supports the use of open-source licenses for some or all software, a part of the broader notion of open collaboration. Started to spread the concept/idea of open-source software.