Monday, February 21, 2011

Blog Entry 3 - Mashups and Copyright Law

I choose the diney video (2nd one).

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 explaining copyright. What is is, that you can't copyright an idea or you can't use someone elsee's work for your own. It is an abstract work od media art and it's also a social commentary, it is a illustrated piece of ork that explains copyrighting.

No, the creator did not break copyright laws in its production because in his video it states each movie he got the scenes from, he put the company it was from and all the movie titles, etc.

3. Do you think that mashup like this requires copyright permission? Why or why not.
Yes, a mashup like this requiers copyright permission because the clips are all from Disney and Pixar movies and of course, it should be credited. It was not made by him so he should thank theperson he got it from so people know and he won't get in trouble.
2. Did its creator follow or break copyright laws in its production?

1 comment:

  1. I agree with what you said about the person not breaking copyright laws, since they posted all of the film titles. However, this is also an abstract work of art, which, I believe, means that it doesn't break copyright laws, since he did state all of the film titles

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