Copyright
Derivative work: A derivative work is a work based on or derived from one or more already existing works.
Appropriation Art: Appropriation in art and art history refers to the practice of artists using pre-existing objects or images in their art with little transformation of the original. Collages and Readymade works are closely related. Appropriation in Copyright: the action of taking something for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission. |
Professor Eric Faden of Bucknell University created this humorous, yet informative, review of copyright principles delivered through the words of the very folks we can thank for nearly endless copyright terms.