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I've highlighted the portions above that I feel are relevant to the Girl Talk situation.
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The effect of the use upon the potential market for, or value of, the copyrighted work The amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole The purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes The doctrine is codified in 17 USC 107 and explains the four factors that must be examined when determining if a fair use defense is appropriate. So how can he continue to sell albums and perform live shows in front of thousands of people? The answer is the fair use doctrine.Īs a basic explanation, the fair use doctrine allows an excuse (or "affirmative defense") for people that are infringing on copyrights (and trademarks, but we will save that for a different day). It is copyright infringement because he is using the creative works of others - their songs - without their permission. From a black and white legal perspective, what Girl Talk does is copyright infringement. For those of you that are not aware of Girl Talk, I would advise you to take a minute and check THIS out.and then maybe stay for a few other videos on YouTube.Įssentially, Girl Talk (Gregg Gillis) is a mashup artist - NOT a DJ, mind you - who makes his living by mixing together snippets of many different songs to make entire albums of new music. That being the case, I will obviously be there tonight. I've been to two of his shows and there is no way I would ever miss one that came to my area. With that in mind, I couldn't think of a more appropriate topic than that of Girl Talk as he is in Kansas City tonight for one of his amazing shows. I felt the need to write a blog post that was a little more substantive than usual - more than just posting an interesting link and making a short comment.