The Girl Talk case comes off as interesting
because they use small portions of digital music samples to create a new song.
The DJ is trying to make new versions of music why'll testing the boundaries of
the Fair Use law. But, the problem with this is how they apply the law in the
terms of how the music is “transformed” if they are criticizing, commenting on
something, or doing a parody of a work then it fits well in the rule of line as
well if it is informative or educational.
All of these factors help in judging in the matter of deciding in the
Fair Use test. As well as from the looks of it most of what the DJ seems to
lean toward is more a commercial for profit. So, from looking at it and reading
it looks like Girl Talk does not License their music and is of creative work I
believe, so they have not yet dealt with any illegal law issues. One of the
things that I thought was good is that though he is using different portions of
music from different artists to make his own music he doesn't do anything to
damage the original work from the original artist. Yet I do think that he is
maybe pushing his luck with not paying the artists an license fee for music
being used but with technology in general anyone can do the same or close to
the same of creating music how Girl Talk did.
