Mashups and Copyright Law

1. What is this mashup trying to communicate? Is it technical experiment, social or political commentary, a comedic parody, or an abstract work of media art?
This is a very humorous mash-up explaining the copyright law. This mash-up includes many clips from different disney movies such as Alladin, Mulan, Lion King and many others. This is a comedic parody because it is manipulating different parts of various disney movies and creating it into something that reflects the copyright law.


2. Did its creator follow or break copyright laws in its production?
I think its creator broke copyright laws because these clips of the Disney movies do not belong to him. These movies belong to disney and stole these clips from the movies in order to create his message. 


3. Do you think that mash-up like this requires copyright permission. Why or Why not?
I think that a mash-up like this requires copyright permission because the creators used disney movies, which he does not own or have permission to use. He used various parts of these movies to create a comical way of expressing this message. He did not create any of these video clips and he needs copyright permission from disney in order to create this mash-up video.