Articles tagged with: #kutiman
Copyright, Fair use, Intellectual Property, Music »
Just in time for the sections on intellectual property and fair use in my “Information Technology Ethics” class, the Israeli artist Kutiman released a brilliant collection of YouTube video mashups called “Thru You” (his site has been down due to traffic, but the mashups are also available here and here).
Kutiman has taken existing YouTube videos of people playing music alone, sampled, looped, mixed and mashed them together to make absolutely amazing new music. Here’s a sample:
These songs are genius. They are original. Yet, most interpretations of existing copyright laws would …
