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A Brief History of Subversive Remix Video Before YouTube

By jonathan | Published: March 21, 2013

In 2012 I put together this article and video collection for the Open Access journal Transformative Works and Cultures. The full piece entitled “A history of subversive remix video before YouTube: 30 political video mashups made between World War II and 2005″ is licensed under creative commons and can be viewed for free online via the TWC website. I first began recording and remixing TV commercials [...]

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What is Vidding? A Video Overview by Here’s Luck

By jonathan | Published: March 12, 2012

Vidder Here’s Luck gives a fantastic overview of this transformative remix video practice. She also talks about some of the history, technology and fair use challenges inherent in vid making. If you are unfamiliar with vidding as a remix video genre then this clip is a must watch! You can see vids created by Here’s Luck via her website. Check out Fanlore.org for [...]

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Vimeo’s Two-Faced Treatment of Remixers Suggests Ugly Corporate Plans for the Future

By ikat381 | Published: April 18, 2011

Vimeo seems to have a split personality when it comes to remixers. On the one hand, Vimeo’s community guidelines tell us that remixes are forbidden. The rules state that “you must own or hold all necessary rights (copyrights, etc.) to the videos” that you upload, and that “public domain videos are also prohibited.” This rule [...]

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Talking Back to Battlestar Galactica – Tandemonium

By anita | Published: November 24, 2010

*Spoiler Warning for Battlestar Galactica (as if you haven’t watched the whole thing already) and elements of extreme violence. One thing I love about remix is its ability to talk back to the media.  Remixers can re-purpose footage from popular culture to tell a different story, to do an identity correction or to tell the [...]

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Stay Awake – Don’t Get Pregnant on TV

By anita | Published: August 23, 2010

Between the ominous acapella version of the classic Mary Poppins song performed by Suzanne Vega and the skin crawling subject matter in this vid, Laura Shapiro has expertly remixed and brought to light a reoccurring problem in women’s science fiction representations. All to often female characters in science fiction and fantasy television narratives are forcibly [...]

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Too Many Dicks (Video Games)

By elisa | Published: March 26, 2010

This remix by Anita Sarkeesian of FeministFrequency.com appropriates the sexist song “Too Many Dicks on the Dance Floor” by Flight of the Conchords to critique the male domination, hyper masculinity and glorification of violence in popular video games. The video uses source material from 39 different games and was inspired by Sloane’s “Star Trek Dance [...]

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We Are Creators Too

By elisa | Published: October 5, 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 [...]

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Dollhouse – It Depends on What You Pay

By jonathan | Published: July 24, 2009

Please note this vid deals with issues of rape and consent. More specifically, it’s a playful yet critical look at the troubling presentation of these issues in the Fox television show “Dollhouse”. Because these topics are intense, we feel viewers should  be aware of the content before viewing. The vid is fittingly titled “It Depends [...]

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Imeem Removes Fan Vids Along With All UGV

By elisa | Published: July 6, 2009

YouTube’s January 2009 Massacre hit many vidders using that video sharing site particularly hard because their Content ID system can not decipher between a copyright violation and a fair use of the original material. Last week fannish vidders found themselves caught in the midst of yet another online video massacre. Much of the vidding community [...]

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Star Trek Dance Floor (Too Many Dicks)

By elisa | Published: June 29, 2009

Sloane’s first vid is a visual critique of the “re-booted” Star Trek movie selectively edited to the sexist, misogynistic song, “Too Many Dicks on the Dance Floor” by Flight of the Concords. While “Too Many Dicks…” was originally about having too many men on the dance floor and not enough women to court, Sloane reclaims [...]

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