What are the dominant narratives about hip hop, about African-American males, about sexism that this video disrupts? And what do we think about it?
Beyond Beats and Rhymes
Major Victory for Fair Use!
In a recent ruling, judge Sidney Stein stated that the filmmakers of Expelled, a film supporting intelligent design, were likely to win a fair use claim if Yoko Ono persued her suit against them. The filmmakers used a 15 second clip of John Lennon’s song “Imagine” to make a statement on religion in our culture—read the Wall Street Journal’s Law Blog entry on the subject. Also, here’s AJ Schnack’s concise summary: http://edendale.typepad.com/weblog/2008/06/expelled-fights.html



