Derivative logic of flexible asset conversion shapes digital cultural texts

Evidence

If the logic of the derivative orients around malleability and blendability, is it any wonder that the digital cultural text is increasingly malleable and blendable, remixable and shareable? — Andrew deWaard, Derivative Media, 164

Categorization

• QUESTION: Is this a genuine causal claim or a rhetorical correlation? The ‘is it any wonder’ phrasing trades on resemblance without demonstrating transmission.
• SEED: Angle: test whether the derivative’s financial logic actually produces malleable texts, or whether both just share a technological substrate.