Professor Faden’s Fair(y) Use video should not be considered copyrighted or plagiarized. It instead should be considered fair use for a many number of reasons. One, in the beginning of the video it explicitly states it is “not associated with, authorized by or to be confused with any product of the Walt Disney Company, or Disney Studios.”the second reason that it should not be promoted as copyright is that by showing the Sleeping Beauty’s Castle is a form of free advertising of-sorts towards Disney Studios. By others viewing this, it shows where they got the clips from (in other words it references the original source of all the content displayed). The third reason is that it is simply a mashup of clips from the movies. The final product was …show more content…
Use of teaching is under specific copyright law. Plus, only showing less than two seconds of a bunch of different movie was not taking the entirety of only one work. The final product had a disclosure stating that they were in no way using this to make a profit and for the end ‘credits’ was just a list of all films they quoted/referenced from. Another reason is that at the end it states that it was created partially by Stanford University, and was only used (or usable) for teaching the rights of a copyright owner, fair use, and the public domain. They were clearly not in act of harming, disrespecting or even associating with Disney or any Disney Studio films.education and scholarly purposes are clearly stated in the Copyright Law. They in no way edited or changed the film content in any way other to shorten and make clips to mash into the final product. The purpose of this video was to merely educate schools and society about federal and personal laws and public rights. The basis of the final product is simply small quotes or references to all major disney studio films and to the walt disney company. This was an act of noninfringement held toward walt disney
They hired three different lawyers to handle their case, (which if you ask me, that's a clear sign that they know we have the upper hand in this case) two of them were clearly there for research purposes only, the other's name was Mister Smith, he stood up to give his opening statement. “While it is true that the video was made for educational purposes, to edit or show even small portions of films requires a public performance license, the only way to obtain this license is to have direct permission from the copyright owner. The only way this could be fair use is if he showed it to a small group of people such as a classroom and never put it online, this of course did not happen. We are not trying to stomp out small creators that just want to make educational content, we just want things to be fair.” He sat down next to the rest of his colleagues with a seemingly smug look on his face, like he thought he had this case in the bag. All company lawyers were like this, since large companies usually win court cases unless its something huge that could legitimately damage the company's image. I give my last statement before we leave the courtroom and let the jury decide Mister Faden's fate. “Despite what Mister Smith may have said about “not stomping out the little guys” they do it all the time. If someone wanted to make a necklace with the mickey silhouette and sell it
Since Disney’s Snow White appeared in 1937, Disney princesses have been a present in pop culture. With the release of new movies frequent and re-release of decades old movies inevitable, a continuous stream keeps Disney princesses in the foreground of adolescent society. It is with the value of entertainment they have been created and as entertainment they should be viewed.
... the animated feature film and brought entertainment to family audiences during the Great Depression and WWII, a dark time when American morale was low. This created an image of Disney that could never be ruined and to this day he still remains one of the most highly respected men in Hollywood. It is not common knowledge that Disney even played a part in the HUAC hearings, as it has been long forgotten in the chaos of honours he has achieved. Leonard Mosley, an acclaimed historian, even left his cowardly testimony out of the biography. However, Disney’s testimony is documented and will always be available to critics searching for the truth about the man Disney really was.
(afi.com) this was the second adaption of Snow White to animation the first being a 5 minute long sketch staring Betty Boop. Disney’s own wife was one of the biggest skeptics warning him that “audiences, especially adults, would not be able to sit through a feature length cartoon about dwarfs. Without investors Disney borrowed 1 million dollars from the Bank of America. (afi.com). Disney innovated hundreds of new cameras, styles, and even musical scores to make the movie the hit it was. Many of the scenes in snow white have been copied such as the scene where snow white drops the apple at her “death” and the single lit window of the queens castle were both borrowed by Welles for Citizen Kane, the first to show the passing of life to death and the second as a way of foreshadowing.
Copyright and fair use laws are laws that allow for creators of works to have rights to their creations. But, they also allow the free use of works, in the effort to get your point across. Fair use can be defined as the doctrine that brief excerpts of copyrighted material may, under certain circumstances, be quoted verbatim for purposes such as criticism, news reporting, teaching, and research, without the need for permission from or payment to the copyright holder. This doctrine shows how the general public is available to reproduce copyrighted material without acquiring consent. While, this is true, we are only allowed to reproduce part of the information, not the entirety of the work. These can include news reporting, teaching purposes,
...show our children Disney at the most impressionable and vulnerable times of their lives- which would be fine if it's ideals were ideal. Children read, watch, and try to emulate these inappropriate characters and stories. Most parents don't even realize what they are really playing to their children when they nostalgically pop their childhood favorites into the DVD- the messages are so subtle! Though time and time again the media has come out with these accusations, Disney has never denied them.
Many pieces of literature give different perspectives and change over time. Some may incorporate the same characters along with the same concept, but some contain opposite perspectives of the stories. Cinderella has two different films that tell the same story but they contain different concepts throughout the films. While the 1950’s version of Cinderella does not reveal Cinderella’s mother, the 2015 film version reveals her mother and makes the step sisters more attractive
My video “A Fair(y) Use Tale” uses brief excerpts from Walt Disney movies, as mentioned before. Using brief excerpts of a copyrighted material is fair use. My material is a remixed work, given to the public to inform them about copyright, and also parody Walt Disney movies.
Presently, Disney known for its mass media entertainment and amusement parks technically bring warm feelings to many children and some adults. Personally, Disney elicits magical fantasies that children enjoy and further encourages imagination and creativity. For decades Disney has exist as an unavoidable entity with its famous global sensation and reach. Furthermore, Disney is a multibillion dollar empire with an unlimited grasp on individuals and territories. An empire per se, since they own many media outlets, markets, shops, etc., you name it they got it. However, the film Mickey Mouse Monopoly presents an entirely new perspective on the presumed innocence projected in Disney films. This film exposes certain traits Disney employs and exclusively portrays through its media productions, specifically cartoons for directing and nurturing influence beginning with children. Mickey Mouse Monopoly points out camouflaged messages of class, race, and gender issues in Disney films that occur behind the scenes intended to sway viewers towards adopting Disney values.
The fairytale The Beauty and the Beast is illustrated as a love story, however when looking deeper into Belle’s nature it seems to be that she is affected by several disorders throughout the film. In Beauty and the Beast, we see Disney once again sugarcoat personal problems in order to present a young audience with a one dimensional and simple female hero. Belle has clearly shown symptoms of Schizoid Personality Disorder, Stockholm Syndrome and Schizophrenia which can be treated by a biological therapeutic approach or a psychoactive drug approach and therapy.
“Anyone else who uses copyright material in those ways will infringe copyright unless they have permission from the copyright owner or a special exception applies. One act may result in the infringement of several copyrights” (Film & Copyright, 2012, p. ...
The reason it is not illegal is because these two factors (Education and Parody) fall under Fair use, Professor Faden did not violate any copyright laws in the creation of the video. He took several creative works and transformed them into a ten minute educational video on fair use and the laws of copyright. Not only was the video beautifully structured, it was quite entertaining. The mash up of multiple colorful movies put together in such a short amount of time is absolutely extraordinary. His video was exactly like a remix, it actually was a remix.
In Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night's Dream the dark forest is the center of the world, relegating Athens, center of the civilized Greek world, to the periphery. Day gives way to night, and mortal rulers leave the stage to be replaced by fairies. The special properties of night in a forest make it the perfect setting for the four lovers to set out on a project of self-discovery. Shakespeare implies that in darkness, reliance on senses other than eyesight leads to true seeing. In A Midsummer Night's Dream, the nighttime forest, by disrupting and transforming vision, forces introspection and improvisation that help the four lovers on their way to self-understanding.
Most children in today’s day have a favorite Disney movie that they have watched over and over again. They can more than likely say most of the line of the movie by heart as well. This is because when Walt Disney started creating his stories, he knew he wanted them to have positive and moving endings. People loved the messages Disney sent – they were always positive and taught children life lessons: “The message delivered by Walt Disney’s various projects was an optimistic one that cherished the values of family unity and selfless courage. Goodness almost always triumphed over evil. His works promoted preservation – of the environment, of the family, and of the American way of life” (George 2). In addition to having great messages and life lessons, Disney was very different from the people he competed with during his time. Because of his differences, he was able to spark interest with all sorts of different people. His characters were likeable and fun to follow, “Unlike his competitors, whose cartoons were filled with slapstick and double entendres, Disney’s short features focused on the wholesome activities of likeable little characters who were essentially human in spirit if not in form” (Carey 3). Since people enjoyed Disney’s works, he became very successful very quickly. Today, everyone knows who
In many classic stories, youth often equates to beauty; as old age does to a scornful, maybe even evil person. A well known example of this being the differences between Princess aurora (also known as Briar-Rose) and Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty. I watched Sleeping Beauty as child over 10 years ago, and I saw Maleficent about 2 years ago when it came to theaters. When I first viewed these two Disney versions of the story, I never knew the original version of “Sleeping Beauty.” When I watched Maleficent I wanted to believe that was closer to the original story because it was more engaging and it was not about a set in stone princess and villain. Disney’s Sleeping Beauty is more faithful to the original tale it was based on, but Maleficent is a far better and interesting spin of the story.