The documentary “RiP: A Remix Manifesto” explores the issues of copyright law, creative freedom, and remix culture in today’s digital world. It questions the usual ideas about intellectual property by showing how strict rules on copyrights can actually hold back creativity and innovation. The film made me think differently about what it means to be original, as it shows that all creative work is built on what came before. The idea of “remixing,” as discussed in the documentary, really captures how today’s culture works. We keep using, changing, and improving existing ideas and content. From the video, I also found out that even a basic song like “Happy Birthday” is owned by Warner Bros. Apparently, if you sing it in certain places, you have to pay Warner Bros, which seems pretty crazy to me. It’s just a birthday song, meant to spread happiness, but it turns out some people just see it as a way to make money. And what’s even more unfair is that the people making money from it aren’t even the ones who wrote the song. After watching the film, I realized that there is a huge conflict between the interests of business and the creative people who want to express themselves. The film taught me that if we want to continue to see very new things, we need to think differently about who owns ideas and take a more open and flexible approach to intellectual property.