Dave and Bekah Mays make fun of Christina Aguilera's "Genie in a Bottle," appearing on Google Video, but not yet on NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno"; is this fair use for purposes of parody, or copyright infringement?
Etopia Entertainment News #31
somewhere in cyberspace
March 25, 2006
by Marc Strassman
Reporter
Etopia Entertainment News
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young parodists create a copy more entertaining than the original
Thirteen-year old Dave May and his sister, Bekah, exemplifying the web-savvy creativity only hinted at in a recent
Time magazine cover story entitled
"The Multitasking Generation," have created a lip-synching, karaoke-like song parody of Christina Aguilera's
"Genie in a Bottle," which to at least one reporter who'd never heard of the original, is, on its own, an entertainment worth watching.
access the May Sibs lip-synching to Christina Aguilera's "Genie in a Bottle"
You can access this effort of the Mays Sibs by clicking
here.
You can experience more of Dave May's creativity at his Xanga web site by clicking
here.
the Mays' "Genie in a Bottle" parody didn't make the finals on "Google Idol"
Despite the high-quality of the Mays' performance in their parody of "Genie in a Bottle," they did not make the finals on
Google Idol, itself a parody of "American Idol," but without Simon Cowell's snide remarks.
To watch the finalists in the current round of "Google Idol," Pomme & Kelly lip-synching to "Respect" by Aretha Franklin and The Back Dormitory Boys giving the karaoke treatment to "As long as you love me" by The Back Street Boys, and to vote for your favorite, click
here.
no word yet on the intellectual property rights (IPR) aspects of this phenomenon
Lawyers for
Sony BMG Entertainment, who own the rights to "Genie in a Bottle," have not yet been heard from on the subject of the Mays' rendition of this work and their use of it in building their own careers.
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