Remixing is defined as the act of rearranging, uniting, editorialising, and adding originals to create something entirely new, it is said that we live in the age of the remix. The question is though, what is original, and does it even matter? A remix will take the original form and by remixing, completely change the content and/or context of the original piece. If I head out for the usual Wednesday uni night, I can guarantee I will not dance to one original piece of music, I’ll be dancing to a continuous stream of remixes.

This article published by the ABC highlights how our current copyright laws are not keeping up with digital era and the age of the remix.

http://www.abc.net.au/catapult/indepth/s1645533.htm

Driving this ‘remix culture’ is the growth of new digital technologies and of course the Internet, which has made it increasingly easy to re-use and remix existing content, producing a new age of creativity. The challenge for creativity and the economy of digital content production is the level to which mash up and remix artists should be entitled to borrow from the past to create the future?

Would you be happy if someone were to take a song you created, and remix it to claim as his or her own?