Design studies at the Fachhochschule Niederrhein, Krefeld 1970 to 1974. Graduated as Dipl. Designer.

I have been working as a freelancer and with my own communications agency since 1978, with only a few interruptions. I have also been working as a web designer since 1998.

Videomaker (Mashup) since 2021. Take a look at my website: found-footage-video.art

My mashup video work is based on the following legal situation in the EU and the USA:

Was ist ein Pastiche? / What is Pastiche?
https://irights.info/artikel/pastiche-gutachten-till-kreutzer/31615

Gesetz über Urheberrecht und verwandte Schutzrechte (Urheberrechtsgesetz) § 51a Karikatur, Parodie und Pastiche / Copyright and Related Rights Act (Copyright Act) Section 51a Caricature, parody and pastiche
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/urhg/__51a.html

Richtlinie (EU) 2019/790 des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates vom 17. April 2019 über das Urheberrecht und die verwandten Schutzrechte im digitalen Binnenmarkt / Directive (EU) 2019/790 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 17, 2019 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32019L0790

What Is Fair Use?
https://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/fair-use/what-is-fair-use/

Fair Use for Artists and Scholars
https://infoguides.gmu.edu/art/copyright