By incorporating passages from blogs into her book, Helene Hegemann sparked a controversy. When Danger Mouse released an album that mixed songs by the Beatles with those by Jay Z, he was celebrated as a fighter against the creative industry. The debates surrounding copyright and new forms like mashups are extremely complex. One thing is clear: copying has lost its innocence in the online age. In this cultural history of the copy, Dirk von Gehlen brings order to the discussion and introduces variations to the increasingly fluid distinction between original and copy.