The video documentary, Rip: A Remix Manifesto, brings up an interesting point when it comes to sharing information on the internet. In the modern day, many corporations and businesses want a way to gain as much profit as possible from publishing and distributing works. Due to how much power corporations have, they can convince laws to get passed to “regulate” the internet so they can create more profit. In the video documentary, the narrator pointed out labels and publishers when it comes to distributing products. I believe artists also need labels and publishers because of marketing and getting people to actually listen/see your product. I listen to a lot of hidden gems and unknown artists and always wonder why people with amazing talent have very low view counts compared to an artist who publishes music that not a lot of people like but still gains a large profit. Labels and publishes help push out a product and cover the marketing. When I first watched the video, I first thought of covers and remixes of music and how that would work with copyright. From what I’ve seen, copyright and free use really depend on the company that published it. For example, OSTs from Nintendo cannot be redistributed because the company is very protective of their properties. Atlus, a video game studio, could care less about what music is being shared and that could be a huge factor in what makes their games popular. I think there are many factors in what makes a music/property popular and free use is a major factor. A great example is the age of TikTok where people can freely use music and could help the original producers. YouTube shorts, Reels, TikTok, and other platforms also use remixes of songs produced by different artists. I do feel the law needs to be more specific about copyright and free use and many countries are different.