I felt like I should share this parody (Tik Tok by the Midnight Beast) because it’s just so great.
The original (below) doesn’t compare.
http://www.iviewtube.com/videos/114614/kesha-tik-tok-(official-music-video-debut)
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In this course we will focus on a seemingly esoteric legal subject that is now located at the heart of many social, cultural, economic, and political conflicts: copyright law. While initially codified as a state granted monopoly designed to to encourage publishers and established authors to invest in culture, copyright law has now extended into every part of our day to day life and interaction with media. Moreover, the law is obviously and increasingly dangerously out of touch with digital culture. But what is really at stake in the copyright battles? Does our law reward profit, control, or culture? Should culture be owned? Does it even make sense to call it "intellectual property"?
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In this course we will focus on a seemingly esoteric legal subject that is now located at the heart of many social, cultural, economic, and political conflicts: copyright law. While initially codified as a state granted monopoly designed to to encourage publishers and established authors to invest in culture, copyright law has now extended into every part of our day to day life and interaction with media. Moreover, the law is obviously and increasingly dangerously out of touch with digital culture. But what is really at stake in the copyright battles? Does our law reward profit, control, or culture? Should culture be owned? Does it even make sense to call it "intellectual property"?
I love this parody! I think that Ke$ha would not be where she is without Youtube and tha fantastic people who create parodies of her work. I feel that parodies really do bring a new group of listeners to musicians work because the audience base that wants to make fun of popular culture and enjoys making statements of society has the outlet too. And thus, a new audience is created, because let’s be honest, in order to really understand the parody, you must truly know the original.
I agree that I wouldn’t have watched the parody if I didn’t already know the song, but once I saw both, I kind of thought the parody was better. And the band actually sounded pretty good.