The Art of The Remix

In class we discussed the various copyright laws and what defines something from breaking the law and being a recreation or Interpretation of an idea already expressed by someone else. Mordern art is notorious for stepping on and crossing the line of copyright infringement. Andy Warhol was the best example. His idea was to recreate an image until it no longer had substance. His ideas have been recreated by more current artist such as Shepard Fairey who became famous for his “Andre the Giant has a Posse”  campaign taken from the Weekly World News. Fairey’s Andre the Giant became an issued trademark of his OBEY brand and  he has sued people for attempting to recreate the image he took from a publication. Futuremore remixes are gaining popularity in the world of music. Greg Gillis also know as Girl Talk has created five albums that include nothing but samples of other peoples works that sounds like an ipod on shuffle. He has released all his albums for free or pay what you want. The albums are also released under the Creative Commons license which gives people the right to share his work, use, and build on the work that he has created.

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