Girl Talk talks artistic freedom and fair use

Public Access Media interviews Girl Talk (Greg Gillis) prior to his performance at the Capitol Hill Block Pary in Seattle, WA (2008). “With my work,” Gillis says, “there’s a thing called fair use in United States copyright law that allows you to sample without asking for permision if it falls under certain criteria — if the work is transformative, doesn’t negatively impact potential sales — so that’s where I stand and the label [Illegal Art] stands.”