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Humpday Highlights: Remix Goes Mainstream-Making Mashups Pay

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Whether we're talking critically acclaimed music mixes like Danger Mouse's Grey Album or the video fodder that makes the content for copious office email forwards and Twitter updates, mashups are becoming proof of the marketability of post-modernity. However, the legalities of using someone's song or video in your work can get you into some deep trouble with some copyright lawyers these days, no matter how clever you are.

Trying to steer you right through the murkiness of legal and moral restrictions associated with appropriating others' content, this week's Humpday Highlights brings you Remix Goes Mainstream: Making Mashups Pay.

Hosted by Patricia Aufderheide (Professor, School of Communication, American University), Making Mashups Pay features mashup artists and digital rights experts in Michael Donaldson (Donaldson and Callif), Thomas Allen Harris (Chimpanzee Productions), Paula Le Dieu (Director of Digital, BFI), and Jonathan Mcintosh (of Rebellious Pixels and the much-forwarded "Right Wing Radio Duck"). Let these experts talk you through the minefield that is "fair use," attribution, and monetization.

film_podcast.jpgListen to the full podcast of the panel here.