Reclaiming Critical Remix Video

<p>Remix is now considered by many to be a form of derivative work but such generalizations have resulted in numerous non-commercial remixes being wrongfully accused of copyright infringement. Gallagher argues however that remix is a fundamentally transformative practice. The assumption that cultural works should be considered a form of private property is called into question in the digital age; thus he proposes an alternative system to balance the economic interests of cultural producers with the ability of the public to engage with a growing intellectual commons of cultural works. Multimodal analyses of both remixed and non-remixed intertextual work with a particular focus on examples of critical remix video fuel the discussion synthesizing a number of investigative methods including semiotic rhetorical and ideological analysis. </p>