Girl Talk: Illegal Art At Its Finest

Gregg Gillis aka Girl Talk is best known for his wild live shows, super hot beats and, most controversially, that his music is entirely derived from other popular artists. Under current copyright law, Girl Talk's blatant use of samples is considered stealing. Gregg considers it fair use and positive promotion for other artists. As debates over copyright are fueled by the ever growing remix, mashup and digital sampling culture we now live in, we have to ask ourselves- Is it ok to have so many restrictions, with the threat of legal action, on what is fair game for making art?

Check out Brett Gaylor's Open Source Cinema project for tons more Girl Talk clips.

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• art
• gregg
• gillis
• creative
• commons
• remix
• mashup

[fullboxxskater]

@OgrAdaY population increase

[OgrAdaY]

@CrandMackerel not at all true. since the start of downloading culture and limewire and what not record sales have gone up. explain that?

[The204nation]

@TheLoneSergeant like every rapper ever to exist?

[NateBiggity]

@TomekSays "All the Things She Said" by TATU

[shortiez08]

@4:45 till the end - well said!!!

[CrandMackerel]

Sampling an artist's work may help "fuel that song", but that just means that most everyone interested in it is going to go download it for free.

[Tictacbooshay]

god hes cute

[cluSterfUck1000]

he was waaaaaaasted at the end of the performance!! lol

[saolover26]

HELL YEAH! GIRL TALK IS AWESOME!!

[TomekSays]

whats the name of the intro techno song??? i havent heard that song in forever, and i cant remember the title or artist