2006年の著書「Cult of the Amateur」 [23]においてWeb 2.0批評家アンドリュー・キーン(Andrew Keen)は、Free and Read-Write Cultureを批判している。 2010年2月、ケイトー研究所のジュリアン・サンチェスは、 「社会的現実を実行するための」社会的価値に対するリミックス活動を賞賛し、著作権は「私たちの社会的現実に対して行使できるコントロールレベル」に関して評価されるべきであると述べた[24][25]。
2011年にカービー・ファーガソンと彼の人気のTEDトークシリーズによると [28]、すべてがリミックスであり、すべてのオリジナルマテリアルは既存の素材から構築され、リミックスされる[29]。彼はすべての知的財産が他の作品の影響を受けている場合、著作権法は不要になると主張している。 ファーガソンは、創造性の3つの重要な要素である複製、変換、結合がすべてのオリジナルアイデアの構成要素であると説明した。これは パブロ・ピカソの有名な引用句「優れた芸術家のコピー、偉大な芸術家の盗作」に基づいている[30]。2011年、 UCデイビス教授Thomas W. Jooは、フリーカルチャー運動をロマン化するリミックス文化を批判[31]。 Terry Hartは、2012年にも同様の批判を受けた[32]。
^Rostama (June 1, 2015). “Remix Culture and Amateur Creativity: A Copyright Dilemma”. WIPO. 2016年3月14日閲覧。 “In a further twist, widespread access to ever more sophisticated computers and other digital media over the past two decades has fostered the re-emergence of a “read-write” culture.”
^Rostama (June 1, 2015). “Remix Culture and Amateur Creativity: A Copyright Dilemma”. WIPO. 2016年3月14日閲覧。 “Canada is one of a few countries, if not the only one, to have introduced into its copyright law a new exception for non-commercial user-generated content. Article 29 of Canada’s Copyright Modernization Act (2012) states that there is no infringement if: (i) the use is done solely for non-commercial purpose; (ii) the original source is mentioned; (iii) the individual has reasonable ground to believe that he or she is not infringing copyright; and (iv) the remix does not have a “substantial adverse effect” on the exploitation of the existing work.”
^Rostama (June 1, 2015). “Remix Culture and Amateur Creativity: A Copyright Dilemma”. WIPO. 2016年3月14日閲覧。 “in 2013 a district court ruled that copyright owners do not have the right to simply take down content before undertaking a legal analysis to determine whether the remixed work could fall under fair use, a concept in US copyright law which permits limited use of copyrighted material without the need to obtain the right holder’s permission (US District Court, Stephanie Lenz v. Universal Music Corp., Universal Music Publishing Inc., and Universal Music Publishing Group, Case No. 5:07-cv-03783-JF, January 24, 2013).[...] Given the emergence of today’s “remix” culture, and the legal uncertainty surrounding remixes and mash-ups, the time would appear to be ripe for policy makers to take a new look at copyright law.”
^Rufus Pollock (1 October 2007). “Optimal copyright over time: Technological change and the stock of works”. University of Cambridge. 21 February 2013時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。11 January 2015閲覧。 “The optimal level for copyright has been a matter for extensive debate over the last decade. Using a parsimonious theoretical model this paper contributes several new results of relevance to this debate. In particular we demonstrate that (a) optimal copyright is likely to fall as the production costs of 'originals' decline (for example as a result of digitization) (b) technological change which reduces costs of production may imply a decrease or a decrease in optimal levels of protection (this contrasts with a large number of commentators, particularly in the copyright industries, who have argued that such change necessitates increases in protection) (c) the optimal level of copyright will, in general, fall over time as the stock of work increases.”
^Rufus Pollock (15 June 2009). “Forever minus a day? Calculating optimal copyright term”. University of Cambridge. 12 January 2013時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。11 January 2015閲覧。 “The optimal term of copyright has been a matter for extensive debate over the last decade. Based on a novel approach we derive an explicit formula which characterises the optimal term as a function of a few key and, most importantly, empirically-estimable parameters. Using existing data on recordings and books we obtain a point estimate of around 15 years for optimal copyright term with a 99% confidence interval extending up to 38 years. This is substantially shorter than any current copyright term and implies that existing terms are too long.”
^Julian Sanchez (2010年4月1日). “Lawrence Lessig: Re-examining the remix” (video). TEDxNYED. ted.com. 2016年2月27日閲覧。 “Time 7:14: "social remixes [...] for performing social realities"; 8:00 "copyright policies about [...] level of control permitted to be exercised over our social realities"”
^Rostama (June 1, 2015). “Remix Culture and Amateur Creativity: A Copyright Dilemma”. WIPO. 2016年3月14日閲覧。 “in 2013 a district court ruled that copyright owners do not have the right to simply take down content before undertaking a legal analysis to determine whether the remixed work could fall under fair use, a concept in US copyright law which permits limited use of copyrighted material without the need to obtain the right holder’s permission (US District Court, Stephanie Lenz v. Universal Music Corp., Universal Music Publishing Inc., and Universal Music Publishing Group, Case No. 5:07-cv-03783-JF, January 24, 2013).[...] Given the emergence of today’s “remix” culture, and the legal uncertainty surrounding remixes and mash-ups, the time would appear to be ripe for policy makers to take a new look at copyright law.”