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The Grey Album: Copyright Law and Digital Sampling
- Source :
- Media International Australia
- Publication Year :
- 2005
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2005.
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Abstract
- In the field of digital sampling, disk jockeys have shown a recent enthusiasm for ‘mash-ups’ — new compositions created by combining the rhythm tracks of one song and the vocal track of another. Most famously of all, DJ Danger Mouse remixed the vocals from Jay-Z's The Black Album and the Beatles' White Album and called his creation The Grey Album. The Grey Album poses a number of difficult issues regarding copyright law and digital sampling. Does such a ‘mash-up’ go beyond the de minimis use of a copyright work? Is The Grey Album protected by the defence of fair use under copyright law because it provides a transformative use of copyright works? Can such remixes by compulsorily licensed? Does a ‘mash-up’ raise issues concerning the moral rights of attribution and integrity, which are recognised in Europe and Australia?
- Subjects :
- Cultural Studies
History
Project commissioning
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DJ Dangermouse
The Grey Album
Mash-ups
Jay-Z
Moral rights
Creative Commons
050801 communication & media studies
Sound Recordings
0508 media and communications
Copyright Law
De minimis
Moral Rights
media_common
Digital Sampling
Enthusiasm
Fair use
White (horse)
business.industry
Communication
05 social sciences
Media studies
180115 Intellectual Property Law
Defence of Fair Use
The Beatles
Work (electrical)
050903 gender studies
Publishing
De Minimis Use
0509 other social sciences
business
Musical Works
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 2200467X and 1329878X
- Volume :
- 114
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Media International Australia
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d8774743e0dfb6127365e2f211f4de90