Credit Is Due (The Attribution Song)

[outstandingpajamas]

lol

I love that the person who says that cloning something isn't theft (even though the law says that it is and fair use does not apply in nearly every instance if theft) is trying to promote some semblance of morality in said non thievery.

[kokokokotkokot]

@outstandingpajamas Yeah, because law is always just and correct.. oh wai--

[BigDogJang0]

Ironic. This video forgot to credit Beethoven's symphony during the song credits.

[ihatefurrys]

@BigDogJang0 Techniquely the song is public domain, and since the video was all about stealing Beethoven's stuff, I think it was kind of assumed that people could figure out who it was by.

[mphello]

I give credit to Bush, Cheney, and everyone who voted for Republicans and Democrats

for 1 million dead Iraqis. That's a LOT of individuals to give "credit" to.

[pdxktv]

Why does it matter? Copying isn't theft.

[kleverkloggs]

@pdxktv er, the creator supports themselves and future work by selling copies of the original, to copy the work of another is to divert income away from the creator and undermines the future of what you copy, most issues around copyright seem to more about distribution . . . . .

[ihatefurrys]

@pdxktv Because someone worked hard on that piece of work, and if you claim that you're the one who made it, you're being an asshole.

[ihatefurrys]

@pdxktv Plagiarization isn't the same thing as theft. How would you feel if you wrote a really good story that you were proud of and someone copied it and claimed that they wrote it themselves? You'd be pissed off regardless of whether or not they were making money off of it. When you're copying copyrighted material, you're making it available to everyone, but when you plagiarize, you're not even giving credit to the people who really made it. There's a big difference.

[mphello]

So, I can become a star just by giving proper credit? I don't have to do anything of significance myself? Cool!

Valmiki: "Ramayana"

Nina Paley: "Sita Sings the Blues"

Beethoven: "Fur Elise"

Shakespeare: "Hamlet"

Justin Bieber: um...

Doesn't Monsanto or something own all the genes in my body by patent law?

Monsanto: me

[ihatefurrys]

@mphello Monsanto is the most evil, greedy corporation that has ever existed.

[mphello]

@ihatefurrys Oh, it's evil alright. Hard to say which is the most evil: Monsanto, Wal-Mart, Shell (Nigeria), Bank of America, Goldman Sachs. They are all evil in their own unique ways. And they are all running neck and neck.

Nuke them all.

[mphello]

VOTE DR JILL STEIN 2012!

[InvincibleNumanist]

@SCOBMAN

if you think the democrats are socialists youre a fool.

[SCOBMAN]

credit where credit is due ----- then they charge you with "counterfeit trademarks" What can we do Nina ?

[Timmytimmy123123]

Thanks, now I know how to make my video about GLaDOS saying nononononono for 10 minutes.

Ty.

[k3cho2009]

Este video va dedicado a todos los " creativos "

[speedraptor45]

EUNICE CAN WRITE LIKE BETHOVEN??!

[sadroses2]

*gasp*

You didn't credit the artist who painted the floating-Beethoven-head!

:)

[DefendedHomestand]

DAMN, I thought I could pass off my work as Beethoven's work as my own. WHO WOULD KNOW? It was the perfect crime.

[Intimidat3d]

But Nina, you didn't give credit for that clip at the end of the video...

[lucyvoloi]

Nice Nina!

[olllj]

this video is missing the ebaumsworld logo

[stupidrubbish]

A very entertaining video, and a very catchy song - one of my daughters can't stop singing it!

[ElecDashTronDotOrg]

Very nicely describes,even to a 6 year old,the copyright atribution thing. I only wish it was as easy to do so on youtube

[funkycoder1]

Great. I shall post /this/ on tumblelogs instead of flaming people for their inability to link to a proper source. Well I'll probably do both.

[ScytheNoire]

You can give credit where it is due and still get sued for copyright infringement these days. That's the problem. Copyright isn't working as it should. It's broken. It's never worked properly. It's all about censorship and control.

[FutureiMacuser]

@ScytheNoire

So bloody true. I gave credit to Funimation and the guy who made Hetalia, but my Holy Rome video got taken down, and I'm just pissed off.

[pismak]

wonderful, nina

[KiraAli]

Love this!!

[nickcriscuolo]

When is the full length Mimi and Eunice movie coming out?

[shuttledik]

Thanks for posting this!

[amazingbollweevil]

Wow. Love the style of the animation ... and the vocals were super fun! I *like* it!

[volunteersimplicity]

All creative work is derivative

[thepatcat]

This video, copyright unto perpetuity, me! Really! It's on Google somewhere.

(No, not really. At all.)

[loqiloqi]

But how does this fit with your previous video "All Creative Work Is Derivative"?

[iSparkettei]

@loqiloqi

i think they mean if you copy/reuse something directly, instead of just deriving from it

[amazingbollweevil]

@loqiloqi, all creative work is still derivative. Claim someone's work as your own and you'll eventually get caught out. In other words, don't ever do THIS. If you use someone's work to inspire you or create something new, well, it's something new, isn't it? Nina is not suggesting you need to give credit to all your sources (lord, the credits would often be longer than the work itself!).

[Erdenbek]

Great job, Nina!