Marc has made music the order of the day, so I decided to follow up on that. My post has nothing to do with law, unless there is some question about transformative use, or philosophy (I don’t think).
Anyway, there is a series of “Literal Videos” making the rounds on YouTube. Over the video, someone sings (to the tune of the original song) precisely what is happening in the video (which, of course, rarely has anything to do with the actual song lyrics). Some of them are pretty funny, especially when taking on a video that is particularly over-the-top or bizarre.
For both over-the-top and bizarre, nothing beats my two favorites:
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Posted by Howard Wasserman on June 3, 2009 at 01:35 PM
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These are both great, although my favorite remains the first one I saw, Take on Me.
Posted by: James Grimmelmann | Jun 3, 2009 10:23:54 PM