Uploaded November 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
As a distribution system for digital media, the internet has supported the rise of remix culture—sometimes known as read-write culture. In contrast to read-only culture, where users are passive consumers of content, read-write culture encourages users to engage with content by creating derivative works. Remixes can take many forms, but a familiar one in the idea of sampling snippets from other songs or creating music mashups. Whether these derivations constitute fair use has been the subject of a great deal of debate.
Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).
Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://www.bluegroup.systems) production.
As a distribution system for digital media, the internet has supported the rise of remix culture—sometimes known as read-write culture. In contrast to read-only culture, where users are passive consumers of content, read-write culture encourages users to engage with content by creating derivative works. Remixes can take many forms, but a familiar one in the idea of sampling snippets from other songs or creating music mashups. Whether these derivations constitute fair use has been the subject of a great deal of debate.
Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).
Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://www.bluegroup.systems) production.
