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.