So Amazing, So Illegal

Ok, so I stole the title from Jonathan Coulton The phrase was also borrowed by Merlin Mann at 43 Folders

Both are referring to the work by Israeli-born musician Kutiman. Merlin says it so much better than I can when he says:

Unsolicited tip for media company c-levels: if your reaction to this crate of magic is “Hm. I wonder how we’d go about suing someone who ‘did this’ with our IP?” instead of, “Holy crap, clearly, this is the freaking future of entertainment,” it’s probably time to put some ramen on your Visa and start making stuff up for your LinkedIn page.

The video they are referring is below. All of Kutiman’s video tracks can be found here.

This sort of sampling, remixing, reissuing in new form was rampant in the 90s (sans video) before everyone got sued.

BTW, I found this through Kelly Murphy who is an awesome illustrator.