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Ruling Imagination: Law and Creativity

January 04th, 2010 | copyright and fair use, creativity, fun, originality, technology and law

DJ Earworm – United State of Pop 2009 (Blame It on the Pop) – Mashup of Top 25 Billboard Hits

Is a music video with no original content “transformative” if I like it better  than any of the top 25 hits of the year it samples and it explains partly why that is? I think so.

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  1. Ruling Imagination: Law and Creativity » Blog Archive » Free culture and produce art! Says:

    [...] Today many artists and creators use, reproduce, appropriate and incorporate materials found within popular culture and society. These raw materials reflect and embrace the world around us: snippets of film [...]

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