Using Disney characters to explain copyright law and related concepts such as public domain and fair use, Bucknell University professor Eric Faden produced this cartoon cut and paste masterpiece, A Fair(y) Use Tale. Poetic justice indeed, considering how Disney has tried slamming the copyright door shut behind itself, having built its own empire on the public domain fairy tales such as those used here.
Thanks to KJ, boingboing, Belyaun and Stanford U.
That was excellent! I wonder why they didn't use any Mickey Mouse...
Posted by: Golden goat | May 20, 2007 at 10:28 PM
Thanks for posting this. I couldn't get any of the sourced links to load when I tried earlier.
Posted by: Trish | May 20, 2007 at 11:23 PM
The idea sounds cool, and the idea of using clips as "fair use" is a clever gimmick, but the result is practically unwatchable. That makes it a complete failure in communicating its point.
Masterpiece. NOT.
Posted by: Jim C. | May 20, 2007 at 11:55 PM
it's great. they even repeat some texts to tune you in. i think it works.
Posted by: sebastian brahm | May 22, 2007 at 12:47 AM
It was very easy to follow because of their care to repeat the hard-to-understand bits. Terrific. My favorite word/image was "domain."
Posted by: Vic Perry | May 22, 2007 at 07:10 PM