Derivative Works in a New Media Age

Is it not stealing if your customers do it for you?

Watch this:

Then go here, and watch Amazon’s new commercial for the Kindle — which was selected as the winner of a fan contest:

I’d call it appropriation. What do you say?

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November 2, 2009 | Filed Under Advertising, Musings

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