Copyright in thirteen clips
As part of the wholesome September activity of revisiting past teaching, I was reminded of a class I am not teaching this year, but may be of wider interest (or at least trivia). It’s a presentation on copyright law to an audience of (mostly) media studies students. This task came my way a couple of years ago and after a pleasant bit of reading and brainstorming the result was the all-about-copyright playlist, which after further changes looked like this. Enjoy the links!
- Young At Heart - The Bluebells (1984) : (joint) authorship
Hodgens v Beckenham [2003] EWCA Civ 143 - He’s So Fine – The Chiffons (1963) ; My Sweet Lord – George Harrison (1970) (copying)
Bright Tunes v Harrisongs (1976) 420 F Supp 177 (SD New York DC) - MPAA - You wouldn’t steal a car (2004): anti-piracy video
- The IT Crowd (dir. Graham Linehan), series 2 episode 3 : parody of MPAA video
- Pretty Woman – 2 Live Crew (fair use / parody)
Campbell v Acuff-Rose (1994) 510 US 569 - Encore - DJ Danger Mouse (mashup)
- Under Pressure – Queen / David Bowie; Ice Ice Baby – Vanilla Ice (sampling/licensing)
- Barbie Girl – Aqua (trick question – trademark, not copyright)
Mattel v MCA (2002) 296 F 3d 894 (9th Circuit CA) - Empire State of Mind // Newport (Ymerodraeth State of Mind) // Newport State of Mind Comic Relief Version (discussion of Hargreaves Review)