Tentative Thesis Statement:
The comic strips ‘Garfield Minus Garfield’ created by removing the main character Garfield from the original Garfield is not in violation of copyright law, since an idea can be copied and borrowed to convey a significant message, provoke a reaction or evoke an emotional response.
Introduction:
As the digital technology and the network have continuously developed, the artists have created more variable remixed works. Following this, we can easily see that the remixed works become much popular than the original works. The comic strips ‘Garfield Minus Garfield’ can be one example. If the artists create their remixed works by basically using the original works, are they in violation of copyright law?
People do not make new works out of nothing. ‘Garfield Minus Garfield’ is a web project created by Dan Walsh, dedicated to removing Garfield from the Garfield comic strips in order to reveal the existential angst of a Garfield’s owner Mr. Jon Arbuckle….
Sources/Arguments:
** Locate some strips of ‘Garfield Minus Garfield’ and a URL of a video.
Strips from: http://art110.wikispaces.com/Sullivan-Rebecca-P3 Video URL: http://www.collegehumor.com/video/5945411/remix-garfield-minus-garfield
1. An article from the New York Times ‘Is the Main Character Missing? Maybe Not.’ (Doty, Cate 2008)
2. An example of ‘Mickey Mouse’ with the argument of O’Connor from the article ‘Devoss & Porter’
3. An example of ‘Girltalk / Mashup’ from the article ‘Maciack’
Conclusion:
In short, I suggest that the remixed work of ‘Garfield Minus Garfield’ is not violating copyright law, because it is important to credit the work of creators in order to motivate creations and to encourage benefits to society….
Jenny - You are off to a fantastic start. I love that you posted the cartoon here as well, so that we could see what you are talking about. You may want to consider revising your thesis to include only one of the points that you make at the very end - convey a message, provoke a reaction, or evoke an emotional response - just to make it more specific. Otherwise, as a reader, I expect for your paper to review, distinguish and support each of these. If that is your intention, that certainly leave the thesis "as-is".
ReplyDeleteSo you are planning to use two other examples to support your thesis? (Micky Mouse and Girltalk) -how will you use these as support? To offer other examples or to show that these have the potential to evoke response, therefore should be protected under copyright because they are creating something new - a different kind of response?
I am looking forward to reading your draft!