Creativity

New media fosters creativity because more user-generated content is allowed and encouraged to be uploaded to sites like Youtube. Companies like Disney for example, according to the article "Disney Tolerates a Rap Parody of Its Critters. But Why?" by Brook Barnes, are not cracking down on videos made by regular people that use Disney characters to make fun of songs. By not removing this type of content, Disney is encouraging more people to freely depict Disney characters through humor and parodies. Creativity is able to flourish in this kind of open environment. Others can enjoy user-generated original content and appreciate it more. New media allows users to combine sound and video clips, images, etc. to create a new product. The Internet is the ultimate vehicle of creativity and users should be free to make new things to share with netizens around the globe. However, there is a gray area when taking content from a copyrighted source. Where is the line drawn? Should Youtube even be regulated for copyrighted content?