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The Fair Video Analysis

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The video made by Professor Faden is not breaking copyright law. He is clear on his purposes for using Disney clips and what the video is about. The video created by the professor does not harm the original value of the work, it has a specific educational purpose that is non-profit, the video clips are short and they are enough to describe the video purpose. In the Fair(y) Use video, Professor Faden does no harm or damage to the original work’s value. The video clips are short enough to the point where there is really no room to degrade the original value. On the online website, Copyright.gov, it explains that in order for the new work to be considered by the court as breaking copyright, it has to somehow affect the value of the original work, …show more content…

In this case faden’s clips are no longer than 6 seconds and they all flow naturally like a sentence. The clips are short but long enough for Faden’s educational point to come across. The whole statement that Faden is trying to prove is that as long as you stay in the guidelines of fair use, it does not matter how big the company is that you are dealing with. You just have to simply follow the guidelines and clearly state your reasons for creating the work. The last point is that professor Faden must have a creative twist to his work. An example of this is the Led Zeppelin case. This band was more of a remix type of band. They would take old songs and add or take away certain materials to the music to make it their own original work piece. Many bands and other artists tried to sue this band, but they failed as the courts decided that Led Zeppelin twisted the materials enough for them not to break copyright. In professor Faden's case, he did not do any type of copyright infringement. He took the small video clips and designed them to form a completely different

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