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The Copy and Paste Culture of YouTube (ft. Austin Kleon)

The Colin and Samir Show

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The Importance of Imitating

The easiest way to not be an imitator really is to steal from a dozen, you know, people. What looks like total originality is actually this kind of mashup of all these influences that he's letting into his work. "You're trying to bring everybody in your whole scene or your craft or your audience," says the singer-songwriter.

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