WEBVTT #Elemental Media Engine(TM) 2.17.0.603887 X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:188010 00:00:04.067 --> 00:00:08.167 (old woman): Today we're going to create a mash up, 00:00:08.167 --> 00:00:09.701 a fun and adventurous way 00:00:09.701 --> 00:00:14.267 to make something fresh out of something stale. 00:00:16.100 --> 00:00:17.701 - And we heard... - ...Girl Talk 00:00:17.701 --> 00:00:20.701 on the aesthetic and legal margins of music. 00:00:20.701 --> 00:00:23.534 - When you experiment with cut-ups 00:00:23.534 --> 00:00:25.434 over a period of time, 00:00:25.434 --> 00:00:27.334 you find that some of the cut-ups 00:00:27.334 --> 00:00:28.634 seem to refer to future events. 00:00:28.634 --> 00:00:30.868 - Downloading. - Can you do that? 00:00:30.868 --> 00:00:35.601 - Stop at random and cut in a phrase. 00:00:36.234 --> 00:00:38.868 And how random is random? 00:00:43.067 --> 00:00:46.434 - No question, the most insidious virus 00:00:46.434 --> 00:00:51.367 in the midst of this illegal downloading of music is... 00:00:51.367 --> 00:00:53.434 - Some people with some sampler... 00:00:53.434 --> 00:00:56.901 - Glitch-poppy noise sounds like plunder-phonics, 00:00:56.901 --> 00:00:59.601 sounds happy up-tempo fun poppy... 00:00:59.601 --> 00:01:02.267 - Michael Jackson had the Mounties called in 00:01:02.267 --> 00:01:04.801 to confiscate all copies of the CD. 00:01:04.801 --> 00:01:08.501 (old woman): Now, before we get our freak on, 00:01:08.501 --> 00:01:11.501 we need to match up our beats. 00:01:11.501 --> 00:01:13.701 (music) 00:01:23.701 --> 00:01:26.968 - Cleveland, what's up? Make some noise! 00:01:26.968 --> 00:01:28.901 (cheering) 00:01:30.534 --> 00:01:32.100 Feeling all right tonight? 00:01:32.100 --> 00:01:33.434 - The operator, on some level, 00:01:33.434 --> 00:01:35.634 knew just where he was cutting in. 00:01:35.634 --> 00:01:40.000 (siren-like sound) (beat-heavy music) 00:01:53.534 --> 00:01:56.334 ♪ Yo DJ pump this party! 00:01:56.334 --> 00:01:59.234 ♪ Yo DJ pump this party! ♪♪ 00:02:02.701 --> 00:02:05.501 (Brett Gaylor): Let's stop and play a game: 00:02:05.501 --> 00:02:09.067 see if you can tell me the author of this song: 00:02:09.067 --> 00:02:11.534 ♪ C'mon c'mon c'mon let me show you what it's all about ♪ 00:02:11.534 --> 00:02:14.267 ♪ C'mon c'mon c'mon let me show you what it's all about ♪ 00:02:14.267 --> 00:02:17.701 ♪ C'mon c'mon c'mon let me show you what it's all about ♪ 00:02:17.701 --> 00:02:19.000 ♪ C'mon c'mon c'mon ♪ 00:02:19.000 --> 00:02:21.701 ♪ Let me show you what it's all about ♪ 00:02:21.701 --> 00:02:23.534 ♪ C'mon c'mon c'mon ♪♪ (music stopping abruptly) 00:02:23.534 --> 00:02:26.634 If you guessed The Jackson Five, you'd be wrong. 00:02:26.634 --> 00:02:27.734 Try again. 00:02:27.734 --> 00:02:31.167 (rock music overlaid with rap) 00:02:36.367 --> 00:02:38.434 If you guessed Queen, you're still wrong, 00:02:38.434 --> 00:02:42.701 'cause this music was created by my favourite artist: 00:02:44.634 --> 00:02:45.801 Girl Talk makes mash ups. 00:02:45.801 --> 00:02:49.501 His computer is an instrument, and the notes he plays 00:02:49.501 --> 00:02:52.801 are sampled from thousands of pop music classics, 00:02:52.801 --> 00:02:56.801 cut up and re-arranged to create new songs. 00:02:56.801 --> 00:02:58.000 (crowd stomping to music) 00:02:58.000 --> 00:03:01.801 - Pop music, or music from different genres, 00:03:01.801 --> 00:03:05.634 seems untouchable, Elton John seems untouchable. 00:03:05.634 --> 00:03:07.501 Obviously they create that 00:03:07.501 --> 00:03:09.067 and they force that idea in your mind - 00:03:09.067 --> 00:03:10.901 these people who are superstars are untouchable. 00:03:10.901 --> 00:03:14.367 So just being able to manipulate and do what ever you want 00:03:14.367 --> 00:03:16.601 and just kind of put Elton John in a headlock 00:03:16.601 --> 00:03:21.067 and put a beat behind him and pour a beer on his head. 00:03:21.067 --> 00:03:23.234 (electronic music) 00:03:28.367 --> 00:03:30.234 (Gaylor): Whether or not you think 00:03:30.234 --> 00:03:32.601 this music is original isn't the point. 00:03:32.601 --> 00:03:35.501 Because the rules of this game 00:03:35.501 --> 00:03:39.234 don't depend on who made the songs - 00:03:39.234 --> 00:03:41.434 they depend on who owns the copyright. 00:03:41.434 --> 00:03:43.701 And according to the people that do, 00:03:43.701 --> 00:03:47.434 sampling even a single note is grounds for a lawsuit. 00:03:47.434 --> 00:03:50.734 That means these kids should not be dancing, 00:03:50.734 --> 00:03:52.534 and you shouldn't be watching, 00:03:52.534 --> 00:03:55.601 because using these songs in my movie 00:03:55.601 --> 00:03:56.801 is against the rules, too. 00:03:56.801 --> 00:03:59.868 And the fact that there are people out there 00:03:59.868 --> 00:04:02.000 calling my favourite artist a criminal, 00:04:02.000 --> 00:04:06.334 is exactly why I need to make this film. 00:04:13.801 --> 00:04:17.334 This movie is about a war. 00:04:17.334 --> 00:04:19.701 A war over ideas. 00:04:20.367 --> 00:04:23.868 The battleground is the Internet. 00:04:24.267 --> 00:04:26.067 And I take that personally, 00:04:26.067 --> 00:04:27.167 because I was born 00:04:27.167 --> 00:04:31.434 at the exact same time as the Internet. 00:04:33.067 --> 00:04:36.100 I was born on a small island off the West Coast of Canada. 00:04:36.100 --> 00:04:39.701 My parents were trying to get away from the world. 00:04:39.701 --> 00:04:42.901 But like all kids, I wanted the opposite; 00:04:42.901 --> 00:04:45.634 I wanted to connect back. 00:04:46.100 --> 00:04:50.701 Luckily, the creators of the Internet thought the same way. 00:04:50.701 --> 00:04:52.534 - This computer will talk to this computer, 00:04:52.534 --> 00:04:54.801 sending a message first to this computer, 00:04:54.801 --> 00:04:57.601 and forward it on to this computer, 00:04:57.601 --> 00:05:00.000 thereby acting as a relay.