Mash-ups

I know I should have posted this a while ago…

I understand a mash-up is; “a website or application that combines content from more than one source into an integrated experience. It is sometimes created as a critique or commentary on an existing work or product.” (I looked it up) Yet I didn’t know if everyone was referring to the combination of the video & the music or whether there was more than on artist involved per video skit. I am ignoring that latter, and focusing only on the video music combo.

A parody is a work that imitates another work in order to ridicule, ironically comment on, or poke some affectionate fun at the work itself, the subject of the work, the author or fictional voice of the parody, or another subject. (Looked this up too)

The provided examples from Kevin Wimberley’s page could be some form of parody, ironically connecting the war & president, yet in my opinion, these examples were arranged in such a way that the resulting work as a whole constitutes an original work of authorship.

Although the work was formed by the collection and assembly of pre-existing material or data, they were coordinated and arranged in way that makes this new creation original, therefore copyright violation free.

An example I came across (I am a fan of both also) are these music videos utilizing a popular cartoon, Dragonball Z & Linkin Park, edited by the creator according to the lyrics of the song, that can both promote both simultaneously.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMjysSVOhW4

Does the creator have a leg to stand on if the either the artist or the cartoon creator claim infringement…

arvind galabya

~ by arvin galabya on February 9, 2007.