RIP: A Remix Manifesto
I’ve just signed the gallery up to host RIP: A Remix Manifesto. It is an open-source documentary about copyright and remix culture and looks like a great film.
The gallery will be hosting this film on Friday, June 12 @ 7PM. I’ll probably be working on adding other related content/speakers/music to the event throughout the next few weeks. If you’ve got any suggestions or ideas please let me know!
From the RIP website:
In RiP: A remix manifesto, Web activist and filmmaker Brett Gaylor explores issues of copyright in the information age, mashing up the media landscape of the 20th century and shattering the wall between users and producers.
The film’s central protagonist is Girl Talk, a mash-up musician topping the charts with his sample-based songs. But is Girl Talk a paragon of people power or the Pied Piper of piracy? Creative Commons founder, Lawrence Lessig, Brazil’s Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil and pop culture critic Cory Doctorow are also along for the ride.
A participatory media experiment, from day one, Brett shares his raw footage at opensourcecinema.org, for anyone to remix. This movie-as-mash-up method allows these remixes to become an integral part of the film. With RiP: A remix manifesto, Gaylor and Girl Talk sound an urgent alarm and draw the lines of battle.
Which side of the ideas war are you on?
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More info about the screening on June 12th here:
http://www.ripremix.com/2009/05/05/carrie-haddad-photographs/
South county boy said,
June 9, 2009 @ 7:31 pm
Creative Commons is all the rage these days. But Lessig is a tool. Watering down your copyright protections seems to be the in thing to do to assuage the new generation of new media folk that think all music, pictures, and video should be free.
Hello? Just because these products are barely tangible in an age of ultra-high bandwidth does not mean a heck of a lot more time, money, and effort went into making it than the fucking pint of beer people gladly pay several dollars and tip for.
Don’t get me wrong, I recognize the value of spreading the good word for free. Back in the day we used to call these “promos” or “in-store gigs”. But throwing away the livelihood of artists will have horrible effects on our culture and countless people who are drawn to such a path, not to mention who will be the wealthy among us and able to influence the world with their resources.
Ten years ago people suddenly thought music was free because of the advent of Napster. Then Apple came along with a stupid simple idea and gave people a way to legitimately purchase music via download. Where is Napster now? Where is iTunes?
Chaos always comes before order. History is a testament to the fact. Creative Commons is no replacement for a rewrite of Copyright law that adequately protects artists in the 21st century. And yes, order will come.
Melissa said,
June 9, 2009 @ 10:04 pm
A thoughtful comment Arun….I hope you might be able to attend Friday’s screening and join in on the conversation following the film. Paul Rapp (www.paulrapp.com), an intellectual property lawyer, writer + professor who lives and works in Housatonic, will be apart of the mix as well that evening.