Blog Entry #3: Mashups and Copyright Law

1. What is this mashup trying to communicate? Is it technical experiment, social or political commentary, a comedic parody, or an abstract work of media art?
This mashup is trying to communicate the mixes of two songs from two different time periods. The description of the video claims it is advertising the Grey Album, but in the video it states that this is a technical experiment.

2. Did its creator follow or break copyright laws in its production?
I do not think the creator broke the copyright laws in its production as it says it was only an experiment and it would not be used for commercial use. In addition, they included credits to the songs being used, therefore following copyright laws.
3. Do you think that mashup like this requires copyright permission? Why
I do not think this mashup requires copyright permission since it wasn't going to be used for commercial use and it was not copying the exact video created by someone else, it was a combination of two different videos and songs into a new creation. However, with technology and web media today such as Youtube personal videos can become public. In today's society and with increasing access to information on-line, permission from original owners of works of art should be requested and credits to these artists should be clearly identified.