ccomotion
ccomotion was an exhibition featuring audiovisual works that stressed on the borders of what constitutes fair use, copyright infringement and the public domain. This tumblr comprises an ongoing collection of works and ideas about the creative exploration and reframing of the world's media legacy. ccomotion/youtuber
May 23, 2008
May 22, 2008
Alice (via boingboing) ”The music video for my song ‘Alice’, an electronic piece of which 90% is composed using sounds recorded from the Disney film ‘Alice In Wonderland’.”
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May 13, 2008
May 10, 2008
May 8, 2008
“ GOOD COPY BAD COPY a documentary about the current state of copyright and culture
April 27, 2008
“ Copyright crazies gaining steam in Canada
POSTED BY CORY DOCTOROW
The lobby for US-style copyrights in Canada has gone into overdrive, recruiting a powerful Member of Parliament and turning public forums on copyright into one-sided love-fests for restrictive copyright regimes that criminalize everyday Canadians.
POSTED BY CORY DOCTOROW
The lobby for US-style copyrights in Canada has gone into overdrive, recruiting a powerful Member of Parliament and turning public forums on copyright into one-sided love-fests for restrictive copyright regimes that criminalize everyday Canadians.
April 23, 2008
“ PSEUDOSUMMERS — WATCH TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD ONLINE
to kill a mockingbird stars gregory peck, mary badham, and phillip alford. directed by robert mulligan.
based upon the novel by harper lee. produced by alan pakula. originally released december 25, 1962.
passage à l’acte directed by martin arnold. originally released 1993.
[(play next) toggle past the original film to watch Arnold rework]
to kill a mockingbird stars gregory peck, mary badham, and phillip alford. directed by robert mulligan.
based upon the novel by harper lee. produced by alan pakula. originally released december 25, 1962.
passage à l’acte directed by martin arnold. originally released 1993.
[(play next) toggle past the original film to watch Arnold rework]
April 22, 2008
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The Revolution will be Plagiarized
Pablo Picasso is supposed to have said that “all art is theft”. The idea may or may not be controversial, but the intention is clear. The creative process, which relies on the evolution of techniques, observation and criticism, is an assimilation of all that has gone before, and all creativity, whether artistic, technological or scientific, walks a thin line between innovation and originality, plagiarism and parody. Copyright is the mechanism by which art and music are protected from inappropriate use and reproduction, but copyright assumes a unique relationship between the artist and his work that isn’t necessarily unique nor all-embracing. In the realm of art even the idea that art is theft is common place.
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Benjamin Franklin, Copyright Pirate
America’s most famous copyright pirate was probably Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), who as everybody knows was a writer and inventor of some renown and a founding father of the United States. He was also a Philadelphia printer and a publisher of principle, as the following heartwarming story, taken from Ronald W. Clark’s 1983 biography of Franklin, amply illustrates.
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A Better Silence - John Cage and copyright
Everybody knows that John Cage, the avant-garde composer, invented silence in 1952, with his famous piece 4’33”, which was premiered on 29 August of that year.
April 21, 2008
