After reading Jonathan Lethem’s article about plagiarism, I agreed on the idea that copyright should be remodeled considerably in order to pace advancement of society and technology throughout the years. In addition to this notion, technological shift frequently reassesses legal property ownership, as what Lethem says in the following, “in the contemporary world, though, the act of “copying” is in no meaningful sense equivalent to an infringement—we make a copy every time we accept an emailed text, or send or forward one—and is impossible anymore to regulate or even describe.”
Ultimately, Copied works are inevitable and mandatory for the continuation of art. I believe artists should relate to their current place and time, which for us means a society soaked with the symbols of commercial advertisement and pop culture influences, ultimately facilitated by digital replication. Yet despite this, there are endless potentials to hone into the mundane world in order to create the next big recombinant art form, which hopefully wouldn’t allow obsolete copyright law to get in the way of creativity and inspiration. As Lethem says in his article, “We’re surrounded by signs, our imperative is to ignore none of them,” asserting the idea that artists should be like sponges; absorbing previous innovations in order to feed our creative monstrous appetite.
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