"A Kind of Bloop" Remix

In his blog post Kind of Screwed, Andy Baio, discusses his struggles with copyright acts and the dilemmas he has had to face due to his pixel cover for Kind of Bloop, a digitally remixed tribute to Miles Davis' Kind of Blue. The pixelated drawing of Jay Maisel's portrait of Miles Davis became a huge legal problem for Andy Baio as he was sent a letter demanding payment for damages up to $150,000. As Baio describes, copyright issues nowadays are always very frustrating due to the 1976 Copyright Act, which is very vague, causing many misinterpretations that lead to many disagreements about the topic of "fair use". In his blog post Baio makes his argument known to his audience as he explains it with informative speech and gives visual aid examples of other copyright dilemmas that, unlike his pixelated cover, resulted in "fair use".

Throughout his post Baio relies heavily on the use of many facts and information about the way the copyright act works and what eventually comes into play when deciding if the material was basically stolen or not. The fact that Baio portrays his use of logos so efficiently to his audience, shows that he is very knowledgable about copyright use and can be seen as a reliable source. As Baio continues to portray the struggle of his legal dilemma, he creates an audience that becomes sympathetic to his position in his disagreement with Maisel. One example of this is when Baio points out John Taylor's "remixing" of movie posters, a similar situation, that resulted in a decision of "fair use". Baio goes on to explain his opinion that John Taylor's art was the same thing, but unfortunately Maisel disagreed. As Baio describes his hardship through the rejection of his pixelated cover, a sense sympathy for Baio is formed through Baio's argument against the verdict of his copyright violation.