Friday, April 15, 2011

Blog Entry #3: Mashups and Copyright Law



1. What is this mashup trying to communicate? Is it technical experiment, social or political commentary, a comedic parody, or an abstract work of media art?
This mashup is trying to explain what American copyright laws are. The author, Eric Faden of Bucknell University, uses clips from Disney movies to help him explain what they are. The reason why he chose to do Disney movies is because Disney is a very big company and it is also very intimidating. He also explains that through the use of Fair Use, copyright can be countered. This piece of media could be described as a comedic parody because it mocks Disney with its own video clips.


2. Did its creator follow or break copyright laws in its production?
Eric Faden followed copyright laws in his production. during the credits of the video, it says that Eric Faden did have permission to create the production. He also credited Disney by including all of the video clips that he used in the production. 

3. Do you think that mashup like this requires copyright permission? Why or why not.

I believe that a mashup like this does require copyright permission. Because he used clips from such a big company, I think that without Disney's permission, Eric Faden would get into a lot of legal trouble. 

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