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Being Creative => Creativity Support => Topic started by: Evil on June 05, 2009, 03:11:23

Title: Does lowering the volume count as remixing?
Post by: Evil on June 05, 2009, 03:11:23
Because it says in the creative commons thingy, that if you edit/change it you get to keep it.
Title: Re: Does lowering the volume count as remixing?
Post by: Dandelion on June 05, 2009, 03:33:14
Probably not. Why do you want to take credit for someone else's work?
Title: Re: Does lowering the volume count as remixing?
Post by: Evil on June 05, 2009, 03:39:07
Nah, just asking.

less hassle of making slides
Title: Re: Does lowering the volume count as remixing?
Post by: googoogjoob on June 05, 2009, 05:26:11
...what do you mean, "you get to keep it"? If a Creative Commons license says you have to attribute the thing to its original creator, then no matter what you do you still must credit the creator. (If it says no derivative works, then you can't do anything to it.)

However, I don't think (uniformly) altering the volume of a piece of music or some other sound would count as creating a derivative work.
Title: Re: Does lowering the volume count as remixing?
Post by: LPChip on June 05, 2009, 20:00:34
Altering the volume isn't considered to be altering the song, simply because you can turn up the volume and hear the original. If you change the volume and as a side effect, the song changes, then its not allowed anymore. The entire idea is about recognision. As long as you can compare the song to the original, and it seems to be the same, its considered the same. The volume doesn't change that, as people will still say: its made by that person, not by you.
Title: Re: Does lowering the volume count as remixing?
Post by: Pick Yer Poison on June 08, 2009, 09:19:39
Quote from: dictionary.com
Remix: to mix and re-record the elements of (a musical recording) in a different way.
By that definition, no, adjusting the volume does not count as remixing, because you're not mixing the elements in a different way. After all, like LPChip said, the song's still exactly the same.