When college kids make mash-ups of Hollywood movies, are they violating the law? Not necessarily, according to this study, which shows that many uses of copyrighted material in today's online videos are eligible for fair use consideration.

The study points to a wide variety of practices -- satire, parody, negative and positive commentary, discussion-triggers, illustration, diaries, archiving and of course, pastiche or collage (remixes and mash-ups) -- all of which could be legal in some circumstances.

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