My Little Wu-Tang Clan

My Little Wu-Tang Clan- Shame on a Nigga

The Transformative Factor:

This video passes the Transformative Factor. It changed the meaning of My Little Pony, but not the actual song.

The Nature of the Copyrighted Work:

This video fails the Nature of the Copyrighted Work test. My little pony was already something published by someone, and it's also not nonfiction.

The Amount and Substantiality of the Portion Taken:

It fails the Substantiality of the Portion Taken test. It took a bunch of clips from episodes of My Little Pony and the entire song.

The Effect of the Use on the Potential Market:

I think it passes the Effect of the Use on the Potential Market test. Little kids are the target for the show My Little Pony, and I really don't think they'll be watching this on YouTube.

          Overall, I think My Little Wu-Tang Clan- Shame on a Nigga fails to be fair use. It failed the Nature of the Copyrighted Work because its not nonfiction, and someone made it up on it's own. It also fails the Substantiality test because they took a lot of clips from My Little Pony, and also the entire Wu-Tang Clan song.

Kind of Bloop

Kind of Bloop- So What

The Transformative Factor:

He fails the transformative factor. He didn't transform the song into a whole different meaning, he just changed how the song sounded. From hearing it, you can tell that the song is So what- Miles Davis.

The Nature of the Copyrighted Work:

This one is difficult. He did take published material by a known artist. I feel like he might have passed this test.

The Amount and Substantiality of the Portion Took:

He failed this test. He took the entire song, so therefore he took the heart of the song, too. You can't do that, so he failed.

The Effect of the Use on the Potential Market:

I feel like he passed this test. People listened to this song awhile back, and I don't think it'll change their views on the song itself. I don't think it will effect the potential buyers, either.

          I think this video is not fair use. He failed almost all of the tests. He didn't transform the song, and he took Miles Davis's entire song. He did pass the Effect on the Potential Market test, because I don't think it really transformed peoples views.

Norwegian Recycling- Mash It Up

Norwegian Recycling- Mash It Up

The Transformative Factor:

For the most part, he passes the Transformative Factor test. For most of the songs he did, but for the part where he put the Katy Perry song he didn't really successfully transform the meaning. He kind of just took it. I feel like he tried to transform it, though.

The Nature of the Copyrighted Work:

He pretty much passes the Nature of the Copyrighted Work. The material he took was published, by known artists so to me it's not as bad. It would be worse if he took random YouTube videos of people just getting started.

The Amount and Substantiality of the Portion Took:

To me, he failed the Amount and Substantiality of the Portion Took test. He took a lot of some peoples work, and he also took the heart of a lot of artists song. He took all of the music from Cee Lo's song, and the chorus of Katy Perry's song.

The Effect of the Use on the Potential Market:

I feel like he passed the Effect of the Use on the Potential Market test. To me, it wouldn't really have much of an impact on the market. This doesn't mean if people watch this video, that they won't buy the original work.

Are You Good Or Bad?

This video passes the Are You Good or Bad test. He meant well for the video, he wasn't trying to make fun of anything.



          I feel like this video is fair use. It passes all but one test. He had good intentions behind it. Yeah, he took a lot of a lot of songs, and the artists might get upset about it, but overall he passes the test. He transformed the meaning, the material was already published and he didn't really effect anyones buying of the music.

Son of Strelka- Fair Use

Son of Strelka, Son of God- Chapter 1

The Transformative Factor:

This video passes the transformative factor. The material he took from Barack Obama's audio novel was completely transformed into a new meaning.

The Nature of the Copyrighted Work:

The video passes the Nature of Copyrighted Work test. The video was made from a nonfiction source, and the material he took was already published.

The Amount and Substantiality of the Portion Taken:

This one, is a little more difficult. He took about 30 minutes of the material out of about 10 hours. Some would say that it is a lot, some would say it isn't that much. It basically depends on the judge's opinion.

The Effect of the Use Upon the Potential Market:

The video passes the Effect of the Use Upon the Potential Market because his video didn't really change the people who listened to Obama's book's point of view. Also, not everyone would agree with what was being said in the video. 

Are You Good or Bad?

This passes the Are You Good or Bad test because he wasn't trying to make money off of it. He also wasn't trying to make Obama look bad in any way, either.

         The video Son of Strelka, in my opinion, passes all of the tests. He completely transformed Obama's words into a new meaning, and he didn't use the heart of the material. The material he took was already published and, to me, he really didn't take that much of it. The effect on the potential market was not substantial, and he only had good intentions for his videos. He passes all of the tests.