This is a must see Film about music copyright, fair use rights, sampling, & remixing… but it also delves in to much deeper societal “imperfections” & issues in the process.
The freedom of information in the modern especially, has more of an effect on us than you might think. It is vital to human survival and crucial to our future evolution. Copyright issues don’t just effect musicians and artists. They effect inventors, scientists, philosophers, doctors and in turn.. all of us. Knowledge is power, and knowledge has been held hostage on a rampant scale for too long in America.
When everything in our society is bought and sold like livestock, even ideas, we forget the true value of certain things. When everything has a “price”, but nothing has “value” – we all suffer.
This film has been racking up awards and making people all over the world think about the bigger picture for months now. If you haven’t seen it, go have a looksy and tell a friend. Then if you’d like to take your involvement even further, you can Download the film and edit your own version. Audience participation is encouraged.. No joke.
Eventually all of the multiple versions and additions will be reconfigured and they’ll be releasing a 2.0 version in 2010. Perty dern cool. Who knows, It may just keep evolving and transforming for years to come. A harbinger of it’s own change. A newly formed migrating butterfly encircling and fertilizing the globe with knowledge, enlightenment, and freedom through our massive maze of human communication.
“RiP: A ReMiX Manifesto” By: Brett Gaylor
Download The Movie Here: http://www.ripremix.com
About The Film: http://films.nfb.ca
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Featuring the talents of:
Girl Talk
Negativland
Amplive
Amon Tobin
and others…
