All Creative Work Is Derivative

Our second "Minute Meme," illustrating how all creative work builds on what came before. Photographed and animated by Nina Paley. Music by Todd Michaelsen ("Sita's String Theory," a Bonus Track on the soon-to-be-released Sita Sings the Blues soundtrack CD!). Photographed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. More information at
http://questioncopyright.org/minute_m...

High-res and Ogg versions at
http://www.archive.org/details/AllCre...

• Category

  Film & Animation

[bunchof6]

THIS IS INFRINGING ON THE RIGHTS OF ALL THOSE ANCIENT SCULPTORS I DAMAND THAT IT IS TAKEN DOWN

[vruz]

who was the idiot that made this age-restricted?

ffs....  why do the entire world have to dumb down their preferences to accomodate a bunch of puritan lunatics?

[WellingtonBikeCam01]

Through strong copyright, we can incentivize those ancient sculptors to produce more artistic works!

[David Raposo Ratia]

This work of art doesn't make any infringe. There are an artistic tendency which is called "appropriation art" that consists of adapting old art by moving to our days. You could see them, for example, in some Duchamp works ( the potty or the Gioconda) in order to make a reflexion about the art limit. This kind of art isn't my cup of tea ( I don't love it), but there are a lot of artists that have worked in this way and they have got a big career.

[David Raposo Ratia]

Esta OBRA DE ARTE no comete ninguna infracción. Hay una tendencia artística que se llama "apropiacionismo" que consiste en adaptar arte del pasado y transportarlo a la actualidad. Sino les incito a que vean las obras del orinal de Duchamp o de la mona lisa y reflexionen acerca de los límites del arte. No és que especialmente me guste el apropiacionismo, pero son muchos artistas los que han recurrido a él como plataforma de expresión artística y han cosechado grandes éxitos.

[Jørgen N.]

I love this!

[bbells14]

Really is excellent btw!

[bbells14]

Reminds me of my Zumba Class!

[MrMassivemeatlog]

because THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!! IF THEY SEE A PENIS IT WILL RAPE THEIR MINDS!!!!

[JonahKai111]

Great job!

[Katarzna Czarnik]

hahahahahahaha we artists don't care

[sksigil]

actually charlie parker copied much of his work, in different keys from other sax players. That's how he got popular. Many classical pianists like beethoven copied other greats and were actively encouraged too. In fact, many classical pieces are copies or very similar to others. That is HOW people learn and create anew. We listen, we copy, we reproduce, we see, we copy, we reproduce. NOT A CRIME.