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: PrawfsRethinking music videos
By Dan Markel, Ethan Leib, Rick Garnett, Matt Bodie, Paul Horwitz , Steve Vladeck, and Orly Lobel
Marc has made music the order of the day, so I decided to follow up on that. My post has nothing to do with law, unless there is some question about transformative use, or philosophy (I don't think).
Anyway, there is a series of "Literal Videos" making the rounds on YouTube. Over the video, someone sings (to the tune of the original song) precisely what is happening in the video (which, of course, rarely has anything to do with the actual song lyrics). Some of them are pretty funny, especially when taking on a video that is particularly over-the-top or bizarre.
For both over-the-top and bizarre, nothing beats my two favorites:
and
Full post as published by Prawfs on June 03, 2009 (boomark / email).
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