Safeguarding Dance Influencers in Musical Minefield - Part 3

In the digital era, the doctrine of transformative use provides a legal safeguard for user generated content that sufficiently alter the original composition to produce a new expression, or is used for a different primary purpose than the original. With the proliferation of digital platforms facilitating the creation and dissemination of remixes, mashups, and parodies, courts have increasingly scrutinized the extent to which such works are infringing invoking the doctrine of transformative use. Judicial determinations hinge on whether the new work merely supplants the original or contributes a novel perspective that transcends mere reproduction.