Posted by Elisa o n October 5th, 2009
Public Knowledge has just released their new series of four video interviews called “We Are Creators Too” that focuses on artists who push the boundaries of copyright law. First to be featured was Nina Paley whose Sita Sings the Blues feature film (set to music from the Public Domain) reveals the timelessness of an old Indian folk tale while simultaneously exposing the archaic nature of copyright. Francesca Coppa, fan, academic and keeper of women’s vidding herstory is also featured along with Jonathan and myself.
Public Knowledge is a great resource for remix artists and vidders because they acknowledge that Fair Use is a right, not a privilege. As artist, we can only continue making new work with the hopes that the product and process decreases copyright confusion and encourages the use of new media technologies to sustain media literacy and critical thinking about popular, and proprietary, culture.
Part 4 – Francesca Coppa
Part 3 – Jonathan McIntosh
Part 2 – Elisa Kreisinger
Part 1 – Nina Paley
Category: About Remixing
Topic Tags: activism, copyright, corporations, fair use, REMOVED, rights, television, vidding
Posted by Jonathan o n October 31st, 2008
FEB/13/09 – Another fair-use remix bites the dust…This one removed from YouTube due to a “third party copyright claim”. This video was purged even though its clearly a transformative work that comments on and is critial of the original media. We at PRV encourage anyone that has had their fair-use content removed from a video sharing site to exersie their rights and distubte the takedown.
A pop-up climate analysis for Rihanna’s music video “Shut Up and Drive” re-worked by the folks at brighterplanet.com. An effective and easy-to-make remix style created by overlaying graphic/text bubbles on top of mainstream media – very much like VH1’s popular Pop-Up Video TV show. This remix style is entirely additive (similar to the remix-subtitled works out there) and has great potential for critiquing mainstream media. It would have been nice to see this particular remix go beyond fuel efficiency to critique western car culture as a whole though.
Category: additive text
Topic Tags: cars, environment, global warming, REMOVED
FEB/13/09 – Youtube says this video is “private”, that’s all the info we have, but it was once available for viewing and now is not.
Another remix by ATMO films in their Read My Lips mashup series. In this one they carefully cut up and digitally manipulate George W Bush’s Iraq invasion speech to make him slowly lip sync to the voice of a hypnotist putting us, the viewers and public, to sleep. He asks us to “just let go”.
Category: news segment
Topic Tags: bush, government, REMOVED
Posted by Jonathan o n February 29th, 2008
FEB/13/09 – Another on the remixes we posted has been hit by this ominous message from YouTube “This video has been removed due to terms of use violation.” No other info was provided.
An older remix from EBN from the early 90s which combines footage from the mass media and government leaders to create an “Electronic Behavior Control System“.
Category: music video
Topic Tags: EBN, News, REMOVED, television
Posted by Jonathan o n August 31st, 2007
FEB/14/09 – This remix video has been removed form YouTube, we are not sure if the user received a takedown notice or not.
Another audio video remix by Negativland from 1998.
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Category: short film
Topic Tags: advertising, corporations, identity correction, REMOVED, television
Posted by Jonathan o n August 10th, 2007
FEB/10/09 – This video has been removed form YouTube, we are not sure if the user received a takedown notice or not. The list of remixes we have posted that have vanished from the net is growing at an alarming rate.
A brief history of the culture jam, from Warhol to EBN from Craig Baldwin.
More of a “how to” than the other political remixes on this blog.
Category: movie trailer, short film
Topic Tags: advertising, REMOVED, television
Posted by Jonathan o n August 10th, 2007
FEB/11/03 – This video has been removed from youtube in Warren Music’s 2009 massacre of all content from the video sharing service that uses any part of their copyrighted music - which of course is also whipping out fair-use remixes like this one.
A Coconut Productions culture jam remix of corporate media created standards of beauty set to “I’m Too Sexy” by Right Said Fred.
Category: music video
Topic Tags: beauty, corporations, gender, REMOVED