School of Rock

Glenn Otis Brown, of Creative Commons weblog, visits with a sophisticated group of seventh graders to discuss copyright issues:

When the Dixie Chicks did that song by Fleetwood Mac, is that considered a remix? Did they have to pay for that?
What about Weird Al Yankovic?
What about those people on American Idol? Do they pay to sing those songs?

[via Copyfight]