Should we allow “worthless content” on the web?

Yes, I believe we should. I wrote about this in my last blog and had one comment that pretty much disagreed with me and another who thought my point about porn and kids was a good one (see below). So let’s talk more about it.

I would like to defend my position on saying, “Should people be allowed to create music on their own without record companies and the like regardless of the quality? Sure. Why not? What will happen? We won’t listen to it or we will because it is so terrible."

I interpret Keeny’s point below as saying the record companies and the like are not doing a great job of getting rid of the junk just like the internet is not doing the job. Keeny believes we should let others take charge and get rid of the junk so there is more competition (that’s my interpretation of this argument). Keeny’s point is, the competition would become even greater because it would be the good against the better (right?).

I understand what Keeny is saying, but I still hold true to my belief that if we leave everything the way it is now, the bad will eventually be weeded out and we will be left with the good against the better, but under our own terms and when we are ready. In this situation, the content left on the web will be up to us, not others trying to steer us their way. We should be able to decide what is good or bad. This is art and can only be recognized as “good” or “bad” in the eyes of the beholder, not government officials deciding for us what is art and what isn’t.

I think the best way to explain my point is to try to imagine if one were a songwriter who wanted to see if ones songs were good, maybe even good enough to think about starting a singing/songwriting career. Putting ones music on YouTube could help with this decision and would be less time consuming and cost free. Going to a record company would cost precious time and lots of money with the chance of being turned down even though the actual music might be popular with the public (kind of like the last major election so many were upset with – the popular vote did not win). Let the public decide, not the government.

Thanks for reading :D