Is remixing a creative practice or a form of theft? Discuss with reference to production examples within just one music genre.

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Is remixing a creative practice or a form of theft? Discuss with reference to production examples within just one music genre.

Description Course: Contemporary Music Industry. Remix: Authorship in the Age of Digital Production This session concentrates on the implications of digital music production practices. Sampling is a common practice in music and sound production. We work in a copy and paste culture, yet we also live in a world where copyright of intellectual property is an important part of cultural industries. In this context, how can we understand musical ‘authenticity’, ‘originality’ and ‘authorship? If its possible to be written in electro music genre. On the PDF it has some sources that can be used.