For most people, sharing and remixing with attribution and no commercial intent is instinctually a-okay. Under current copyright law, nearly every cover song on YouTube is technically illegal. Every fan-made music video, every mashup album, every supercut, every fanfic story? Quite probably illegal, though largely untested in court. No amount of lawsuits or legal threats will change the fact that this behavior is considered normal — I’d wager the vast majority people under 25 see nothing wrong with non-commercial sharing and remixing, or think it’s legal already.
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No Copyright Intended - Waxy.org
Andy Baio with some cogent points about the future of copyright.
