Some of you might have heard of Nina Pailey.
After being dumped by a former significant other via e-mail, she decided to get over her disappointment creatively, by making a movie called Sita Sings the Blues.
The interesting part of this movie is its license. Released under a Creative Commons Attributions-Share Alike License,it permits free download and distribution of the movie. However it prohibits the use of DRM and profiting of the movie. This is an interesting case, basically the contrary of what we are used to by big media corporations.
Even more interesting is her latest Youtube video, “All work is creative”. I highly suggest you watch the video (http://blog.ninapaley.com/2010/02/09/all-creative-work-is-derivative/) to get an idea of her claim. Switching through different artwork, Ms. Pailey not only juxtaposes, but shows how similar pieces can be. This theory would bring a complete new discussion into the realms of copyright law.
If every work would be derivative, thousands of lawsuits could be filed and certainly not all be accused under fair use.
What do you think about her claim?
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