Creativity

New Media has given people a chance to bring out their creativity and post it on the internet. An example would be youtube users creating “mash-ups” and posting it so other people around the world can watch it. Mash-ups are made by editing cartoon shows to make it seem like the cartoon characters are the ones singing and dancing. An example would be in the article Disney Tolerates a Rap Parody of its Critters. But Why? by Brooks Barnes and it says that users created a Winnie the Pooh mash-up of “Crank That” by Soulja Boy. A lot of these videos are meant to be funny because it’s supposed to be a parody. However, some companies view it as humor and some companies view it as copyright. Nickelodeon is one company that doesn’t mind users doing mash-ups using their characters but Disney does. They believe that “any unauthorized use of Disney property is stealing”. Even though they think that, many users still use their characters so they can entertain others.