Thursday, January 10, 2008

Beyond Fair Use?Lit/Folklore Instruction Aid? Enjoy the Widget!


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Good olde Led composed this piece on the basis of Lord of the Rings by Tolkien, who in turn received his inspiration from the Kalevala, the Finnish National Epic, ancient runes that were sung from generation to generation and gathered into a book in 1835. Eccentric British academics are nuts about Kalevala. So there, we're connected -- Finns, Brits, Led Zeppelin. Involves plagiarism and no concern whatsoever for copyrights. Grey area but brilliant results.

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