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    Parker Higgins‏Verified account @xor Jan 3

    The delightful dancing video of AOC that is being circulated right now* is actually part of a pretty storied, if now mostly forgotten, remix culture phenomenon. If you'll allow me... -- * apparently by numbskulls incapable of joy

    11:32 am - 3 Jan 2019
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    116 replies . 2,794 retweets 7,928 likes
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      2. Parker Higgins‏Verified account @xor Jan 3

        A decade ago, somebody uploaded a video that mashed up an iconic dance scene from THE BREAKFAST CLUB (1985) with a current popular hit, Pheonix's Lisztomaniahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtE-xnPKj28 …

        18 replies . 148 retweets 1,368 likes
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      3. Parker Higgins‏Verified account @xor Jan 3

        Shortly after that went viral, a group of Brooklyn let's-face-it hipsters did a shot for shot remake of the mash-up, which was pretty exciting at the time!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1ywFh2AZLg …

        11 replies . 92 retweets 1,099 likes
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      4. Parker Higgins‏Verified account @xor Jan 3

        This was what (lol) we now call a meme. They used to be more sophisticated than top-text-bottom-text. Then a group in SF did it too and it was off to the races, with versions popping up from all over the place. AOC appeared in the Boston University takehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj2Xald7NYQ …

        34 replies . 206 retweets 1,653 likes
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      5. Parker Higgins‏Verified account @xor Jan 3

        Then some wild things happened! Larry @Lessig included this phenomenon in his videos on fair use, because it was a good fun example of fair use that brings people joy to watch. And then Phoenix ('s record label) got his talk taken down!https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130822/22593124287/larry-lessig-threatened-with-copyright-infringement-over-clear-fair-use-decides-to-fight-back.shtml …

        4 replies . 98 retweets 1,044 likes
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      6. Parker Higgins‏Verified account @xor Jan 3

        Obviously it was fair use and he was Larry @Lessig so he didn't do what most people do in that situation, which is curse the fickle copyright gods and give up. Instead, he and my (former employer) @EFF sued over the improper takedownhttps://www.eff.org/press/releases/lawrence-lessig-strikes-back-against-bogus-copyright-takedown …

        6 replies . 97 retweets 1,205 likes
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      7. Parker Higgins‏Verified account @xor Jan 3

        They settled, and the record label paid @Lessig an undisclosed amount and changed its takedown procedureshttps://www.eff.org/press/releases/lawrence-lessig-settles-fair-use-lawsuit-over-phoenix-music-snippets …

        5 replies . 68 retweets 912 likes
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      8. Parker Higgins‏Verified account @xor Jan 3

        It sure seems today like those "frivolous" decade-old mashups, and the context in which they arose, is pretty essential to have a grasp of media literacy and understand the disingenuous arguments put forth by the weird people obsessed with AOC!

        8 replies . 136 retweets 1,615 likes
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      9. Parker Higgins‏Verified account @xor Jan 3

        Obviously nobody would have argue that the videos should stay up (in their original context, with comments and links intact) BECAUSE a future Congresswoman might be in them. But that sort of unforeseen conversation is exactly what fair use enables!

        3 replies . 112 retweets 1,101 likes
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      10. Parker Higgins‏Verified account @xor Jan 3

        Sometimes copyright maximalists seem to live in a world where every use of culture can be enumerated, quantified, and licensed. But that's not how culture works. Not at all.

        5 replies . 178 retweets 1,380 likes
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      11. Parker Higgins‏Verified account @xor Jan 3

        Parker Higgins Retweeted ᴅᴇʀᴇᴋ ᴍᴇᴀᴅ

        This too is an important element: https://twitter.com/derektmead/status/1080916637987917824 … There is also (though it is not apparent from the Lisztomania videos, I concede) a very long history of crafting copyright policy specifically to devalue and/or police expression associated with underrepresented groups.

        Parker Higgins added,

        ᴅᴇʀᴇᴋ ᴍᴇᴀᴅVerified account @derektmead
        there's a long racist tradition of getting very pissed off about people dancing https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/z45g5e/nyc-cabaret-law-racism-discrimination-history …
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        7 replies . 158 retweets 1,135 likes
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      12. Parker Higgins‏Verified account @xor Jan 3

        Parker Higgins Retweeted sarah

        It turns out the original creator of the Lisztomania/Breakfast Club mashup had her YouTube account disabled. So if you want examples of overzealous copyright enforcement eliminating important historical context, you needn't look farhttps://twitter.com/3x1minus1/status/1080907557323997184 …

        Parker Higgins added,

        sarah @3x1minus1
        Yes, I made this video 10 years ago. And people started doing live action remakes, including AOC. YT poked a hole in my credibility by nuking my original account which is sort of grating right now but: phoenix - lisztomania - brat pack remix (original) https://youtu.be/YlLKG_8sHF8 
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        21 replies . 245 retweets 1,371 likes
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      13. End of conversation
      1. New conversation
      2. rat king‏Verified account @MikeIsaac Jan 3
        Replying to @xor

        good thread

        2 replies . 0 retweets 58 likes
      3. Parker Higgins‏Verified account @xor Jan 3
        Replying to @MikeIsaac

        thanks mike

        1 reply . 0 retweets 14 likes
      4. childish bijbino‏Verified account @bijanstephen Jan 3
        Replying to @xor @MikeIsaac

        agreed it was very good

        1 reply . 0 retweets 14 likes
      5. Parker Higgins‏Verified account @xor Jan 3
        Replying to @bijanstephen @MikeIsaac

        also thank you bijan. i am always happy to connect current events to obscure copyright policy history

        1 reply . 1 retweet 72 likes
      6. rat king‏Verified account @MikeIsaac Jan 3
        Replying to @xor @bijanstephen

        just kidding it was bad

        1 reply . 0 retweets 17 likes
      7. Parker Higgins‏Verified account @xor Jan 3
        Replying to @MikeIsaac @bijanstephen

        to be totally clear, I'm going to do that copyright history thing whether or not it is good

        2 replies . 1 retweet 76 likes
      8. Michael Slattery‏ @slatteryz Jan 3
        Replying to @xor @MikeIsaac @bijanstephen

        It was good

        1 reply . 0 retweets 4 likes
      9. Left Wing Propaganda‏ @LeftePropaganda Jan 3
        Replying to @slatteryz @xor and

        Seriously @xor, GREAT thread! 😁pic.twitter.com/VXYNLPejFN

        0 replies . 0 retweets 11 likes
      10. End of conversation
      1. New conversation
      2. Rebecca Williams‏ @internetrebecca Jan 3
        Replying to @xor

        hi where is the tweet you tweeted a long time ago that was something like: "I can turn any conversation to one about copyright" I am trying to find it right now and can't

        1 reply . 0 retweets 77 likes
      3. Parker Higgins‏Verified account @xor Jan 3
        Replying to @internetrebecca

        I don't know but that sounds a whole lot like me

        1 reply . 0 retweets 54 likes
      4. Rebecca Williams‏ @internetrebecca Jan 3
        Replying to @xor

        maybe I just imagined it, maybe it was about you @ a party or how many moves it would take for you to bring it up, I don't remember

        1 reply . 0 retweets 10 likes
      5. Parker Higgins‏Verified account @xor Jan 3
        Replying to @internetrebecca

        Parker Higgins Retweeted Parker Higgins

        i'm wondering if it was either https://twitter.com/xor/status/412327972029607936 … orhttps://twitter.com/xor/status/634117591905124352 …

        Parker Higgins added,

        Parker HigginsVerified account @xor
        Feels like a lot of conceptual separability cases lately! Copyright plaintiffs are conspiring to make my party conversations more boring
        1 reply . 0 retweets 12 likes
      6. Tyler Breisacher‏ @tbreisacher 23h23 hours ago
        Replying to @xor @internetrebecca

        Seems like it was one or the other but not both. Get it? Because... the boolean operation where it's... ok I'll go now

        0 replies . 0 retweets 7 likes
      7. End of conversation

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