[Frameworks] Texts on appropriation, collage and ethics/fair use

[David Tetzlaff]

Not nec. film specific, but there's tons of stuff on appropriation, collage, copyright and fair use. Much of it is related to audio collage as both an avant garde practice and pop culture 'mashups'. The discussions are generally applicable to found footage films, though.

An essential text is Craig Baldwin's film "Sonic Outlaws".

For the whole question of Fair Use of images, moving or otherwise, you'll also want to check the essential materials available on the website of the Center for Social Media at American University.

Filmmakers working in collage and appropriation seem not to discuss the issues surrounding their work as much as artists in other media do. You might look into the websites, publications, videos etc. produced by Negativland RTMark, Stay Free magazine, Public Works etc. Also the various writings on 'Neoism'. 

The afore-cited "Cutting Across Media" should offer a list of contributors whose other works are worth looking into, and be a good starting place for a bibliography.

(Again, none of this is really film specific, though...)