SPECIAL SCREENING: This Saturday
Douglas A. Whitfield
OpenCamp on Friday. We'll be coordinating with NYC so the time is
still TBA. If people want to just come for the movie, that will be
fine, though obviously we'd like people to come to the entire event
(http://madison.openeverything.us). If you'd like to be notified once
we select a time, please let me know. Please pass this information to
any film-buffs/media advocates/pirates you think might be interested.
"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?"
Douglas A. Whitfield
Co-President Madison Linux User Group
http://madisonlinux.org/
Technology Lead - http://openeverything.us