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Copyright Law And Mash-Ups: A Policy Paper, Matthew Rimmer
Copyright Law And Mash-Ups: A Policy Paper, Matthew Rimmer
Matthew Rimmer
This report provides an analysis of the cultural, policy and legal implications of ‘mash-ups’. This study provides a short history of mash-ups, explaining how the current ‘remixculture’ builds upon a range of creative antecedents and cultural traditions, which valorised appropriation, quotation, and transformation. It provides modern examples of mash-ups, such as sound recordings, musical works, film and artistic works, focusing on works seen on You Tube and other online applications. In particular, it considers -* Literary mash-ups of canonical texts, including Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, The Wind Done Gone, After the Rain, and 60 Years Later;* Artistic mash-ups, highlighting …