Thank you Jay. It's great to have someone affirm your right to exist. I contacted the Fair Use Project and I read the documents at the Center for Social Media (Thank you Steve Rhodes!). I'm pretty sure my video is within the bounds. Of course it's still messy. Did I use too much of their original video? I used the entire thing. But I would argue that it was necessary to make my point. I wanted to make fun of her conversational style. She talks like she's having a conversation with someone who isn't there. I used her pauses to show how this imaginary conversation might proceed. It was necessary for me to not break the time line of the original video because my intention was to be the other half of her imaginary conversation.
I would also argue that a single video in her case does not represent a complete work. She has posted a series of videos that are identical in style and tone. They are numbered. The video I commented was "6 Now is A Good Moment, Suffering is in the Mind, Monkey Mind." I only used lesson #6 in a 21 part series. Clearly anyone who is interested in her spiritual message will not be satisfied with my video. They will seek out the originals, which are readily available because I have linked to them. I am not trying to be a replacement. Which brings up another point, my video was posted as a video response. I re-read their original message (from July 14th) after I posted my response. "We aren't going to authorize it to be posted to our own video in connection, though, just to let you know, but we are happy to let you use our vid in your own profile stuff even though it is copyrighted. I'm glad your friends are enjoying it too, so carry on, oh silly one that you are!" Geez, sort of sounds like they granted me the use of their copyrighted material. Now, six months later, I have stolen their work. It's absurd. --- In [email protected], "Jay dedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I guess im trying to figure out how much interpretation all the > > players in this process have BEFORE it hts the courts. > > I feel we as creators and hosting services need to help define what is fair use. > > then stand up for it. > > Just watch John's video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1YkerJ0r7E > why cant this exist! > haha the monster butterfly. > > Jay > > -- > http://jaydedman.com > 917 371 6790 > Video: http://ryanishungry.com > Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaydedman > Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/jaydedman/ > RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9 >
