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http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/oct/10/cassetteboy-david-cameron-mashup-copyright  

Cassetteboy: 'David Cameron won't be pleased by our video' 

This article is about the videos Cassetteboy have made, they may be controversial but they believe they are sticking by the law and are allowed to make parodies with a certain amount of copyright material. They hope to make money from their edited videos as their latest video about the Prime Minister has had 3.5 million views on YouTube. 

• The duo started off making audio parodies, and moved into video with mashups spoofing shows from The Apprentice to Dragons’ Den. 

• Until last week, the videos he made with his partner-in-crime Steve – who works in an art gallery – would have contravened UK copyright law. But the amendment to the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988 has brought them in from the cold. 

•  Under the new law it would be legal to broadcast Cassetteboy’s work.  

In my opinion cassetteboy could make a lot of money if they had their own TV show, however they have become popular from YouTube and have shared their videos on social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook. The law has been eased down to certain parodies being made such as the ones cassetteboy creates as they are quite popular and there is no harm in having a bit of fun.