Filmmaker Brett Gaylor makes a compelling case for an update of U.S. copyright law in his documentary RiP! A Remix Manifesto , which is now available on Hulu. In the film, he uses examples of artists such as Girltalk to show how, historically, artists have drawn on others’ creative works to produce new music, art and media. Today, he argues, that creativity energy is threatened by corporations leveraging copyright law to their advantage — even though many of those same corporations were once