“Stayin’ Alive in Da Club”: The Illegality and Hyperreality of Mashups
This study investigates the issues raised by the creation of ‘new’ songs entirely from ‘old’ recordings, exemplified by mashups. The paper looks at the illegal status of the genre and the challenge to traditional ideas of authorship and originality posed by mashups. The repackaging of copyrighted ma...
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| Language: | English |
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International Association for the Study of Popular Music
2010-01-01
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| Series: | IASPM Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://iaspmjournal.net/index.php/IASPM_Journal/article/view/372/560 |