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Tomorrow in SF: RiP: A Remix Manifesto screening + Eclectic Method dance party (http://creativecommons.org /weblog/entry/15987)
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If youll be in the San Francisco Bay Area tomorrow night (Thursday, July 23), please join us for a screening (http://www.sffs.org/content.aspx?pageid=1122) of RiP: A Remix Manifesto (http://www.ripremix.com/), the acclaimed new documentary about remix culture, copyright, Girl Talk (http://74.124.198.47/illegal-art.net /__girl__talk___feed__the__anima.ls___/), Lawrence Lessig (http://www.lessig.org), Gilberto Gil (http://www.gilbertogil.com.br), Cory Doctorow (http://craphound.com/), and others. The film (released under a Creative Commons BY-NC license) is being presented by the San Francisco Film Society (http://www.sffs.org/) at Mezzanine (http://www.mezzaninesf.com/) (444 Jessie St. (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=& q=444+Jessie+St.,+San+Francisco,+CA&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=33.901528,70.048828&ie=UTF8&z=16)); doors open at 7pm and the screening begins at 7:30. RiPs director, Brett Gaylor, will be in attendance to discuss the film and take questions. Members of the CC staff will be there too please come by and say hi. After the screening, DJs Adrian and the Mysterious D (http://www.aplusd.net/) from Bootie SF (http://www.bootiesf.com/) will get the second part of the night a dance party! started with a live set of their awesome remixes and mash-ups. Theyll be followed by the incredible VJ crew Eclectic Method (http://www.eclecticmethod.net/), who will rock the house with a live video remix set incorporating samples from movies, television, video games, found footage, and all kinds of visual randomness. The event is open to people 21 years of age and older. Tickets (available here (https://www.trilogyticketing.com/sffs/)) are $12 for SFFS members and $17 for non-members. More information is available on the San Francisco Film Societys website (http://www.sffs.org/content.aspx?pageid=1122). 1 Comment (http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/15987#comments) Tags: bootie (http://creativecommons.org/tag/bootie), brett gaylor (http://creativecommons.org/tag/brett-gaylor), documentary (http://creativecommons.org/tag/documentary), eclec (http://creativecommons.org/tag/eclec), eclectic method (http://creativecommons.org/tag/eclectic-method), mashup (http://creativecommons.org/tag/mashup), rip (http://creativecommons.org/tag/rip), rip: a remix manifesto (http://creativecommons.org/tag/rip-a-remix-manifesto), San Francisco (http://creativecommons.org/tag/san-francisco)

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We wanted to give big thanks to Ben, Dean, Elizabeth, Adi, and all the volunteers to helped make the fantastic Open Policies (http://creativecommons.org/policies) Video Conference (http://www.openvideoconference.org) happen. Myself (http://creativecommons.org/about/people#98), Jane (http://creativecommons.org/about/people/#90) and Alex K (http://creativecommons.org/about/people/#114) were all Privacy (http://creativecommons.org/privacy) in attendance on behalf of CC and we figured wed post a wrap up about our experience at the conference. At the CC Salon NYC / OVC Pre-party (http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/14904), I was able to record my Terms of Use (http://creativecommons.org/terms) conversation with Brett Gaylor, the director and creator of RiP! A Remix Manifesto (http://ripremix.com/) which also screened at OVC. You can download our interview in ogg here (http://ia301505.us.archive.org/1/items Contact CC (http://creativecommons.org/contact) /FredBenensonInterviewsBrettGaylorDirectorOfRipARemixManifesto/FredBenensonInterviewsBrettGaylorAboutRip.ogg), or mp3 here (http://ia301505.us.archive.org/1/items/FredBenensonInterviewsBrettGaylorDirectorOfRipARemixManifesto /FredBenensonInterviewsBrettGaylorAboutRip.mp3), available under a our Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org /licenses/by/3.0/). Fans of Adam McHeffey (http://www.myspace.com/adammcheffey) will be happy to watch a YouTube video of his performance here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jZyxyxJg9Y). And last but not least, thanks to Erik Mller (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Eloquence) from the Wikimedia Foundation for guiding us through Wikipedias switch to CC-BY-SA (http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/15411). And of course, we couldnt forget about Blip.tv (http://www.blip.tv) for supplying the beer at the salon, For Your Imagination Studios (http://www.foryourimagination.com) for the space, and Parker and Wesley for helping out with setup and breakdown. We couldnt have done it without you guys! As for the OVC itself, we were blown away with the focus and intensity in every panel and session. I repeatedly heard from attendees how nice it was to have 100% of a conference focused on an issue that typically receives only 10% of the attention. One of my favorite presentations was by Chris Blizzard (http://www.0xdeadbeef.com/) from Mozilla (http://mozilla.com) showing of Firefoxs 3.5 Ogg Theora capabilities (http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2009/01/26/in-supportof-open-video/). Heres a quick screen cast some of the capabilities Chris showed off at the conference:

On Saturday afternoon I gave a well packed luncheon presentation on Open Video, Metadata, and Creative Commons. You can download the slides from my presentation here ( http://www.slideshare.net/mecredis/open-video-and-metadatapresentation). Heres a brief summary from Jane and Alex who attended on behalf of ccLearn (http://learn.creativecommons.org/):

(http://www.flickr.com/photos/cclearn /3650872029) OVC by Alex Kozak / ccLearn

ccLearn also attended the first ever Open Video Conference and had a blast. We think much of the OVCs success is due to the fact that so much of it was relevant to openness in general that education naturally fit the bill. Open Video in Education especially blew us away by the diversity of forward thinking present in the room by both open education advocates and those with little to no experience with open educational resources (OER). Most everyone in the room, including the audience, were in agreement that open video and open technologies are essential to the future of education. The expressed concerns were more about how to convince the higher-ups at their institutions to see the light. To reiterate, the session was not lacking in representation. Someone remarked how the variety of perspectives yielded a kind of transformer panel. From Bjoern Hassler (Cambridge Universitys Centre for

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Applied Research in Educational Technologies) who set the tone in the beginning by assuming that it is (or should be) apparent to everyone that CC BY is the best license for OER, Tiffiny Cheng (Participatory Culture Foundation) who highlighted Miro, the open source free high definition video player, to UC Berkeleys webcast.berkeley, the panel was diverse but consistent in their view that open video for education is essential, that CC licenses for that video is a given, and thatto quote an audience members wordsYou have to do more than just tape lectures.
Finally, you can also watch most of the main hall sessions on the Livestream feed (http://www.livestream.com /openvideoconference) page for the OVC, though Flash is required. Were assured these will be available in Theora in short order. Great job OVC, were looking forward to the next one! No Comments (http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/15403#respond) Tags: Adam McHeffey (http://creativecommons.org/tag/adam-mcheffey), blip.tv (http://creativecommons.org/tag/bliptv), brett gaylor (http://creativecommons.org/tag/brett-gaylor), CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/tag/cc-by), Chris Blizzard (http://creativecommons.org/tag/chris-blizzard), Erik Mller (http://creativecommons.org/tag/erik-moller), Firefox 3.5 (http://creativecommons.org/tag/firefox-3-5), New York City (http://creativecommons.org/tag/new-york-city), new york university (http://creativecommons.org/tag/new-york-university), nyu (http://creativecommons.org/tag/nyu), ogg (http://creativecommons.org/tag/ogg), open video conference (http://creativecommons.org/tag/open-video-conference), ovc (http://creativecommons.org/tag/ovc), rip (http://creativecommons.org/tag/rip), rip: a remix manifesto (http://creativecommons.org/tag/rip-a-remix-manifesto), Wikimedia Foundation (http://creativecommons.org /tag/wikimedia-foundation)

REMINDER: CC Salon NYC / OVC Pre-party is Thursday Night (+music & beer) (http://creativecommons.org/weblog /entry/15272)
Fred Benenson, June 16th, 2009

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/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/picture-10.png) Just a reminder that the Creative Commons Salon NYC / Official Open Video Conference (http://www.openvideoconference.org) Pre-party is happening Thursday night!

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Im also excited to announce that weve added a live acoustic set from CC musician Adam McHeffey (http://www.myspace.com/adammcheffey) (of FrostClick fame (http://www.frostclick.com/wp/index.php/2009/04/09/adammchaffey-lets-kick-fire/)) as well as lots of cold beer sponsored by blip.tv (http://blip.tv)! Heres all the info: Junes Salon will feature an in depth chat with Brett Gaylor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Gaylor), writer and director of RiP! A Remix Manifesto (http://www.ripremix.com/), a presentation by Erik Moeller (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_M %C3%B6ller), Deputy Director of the Wikimedia Foundation (http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home) WMF on Wikipedias switch to Creative Commons (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Licensing_update) licenses, and a live acoustic set from singer song writer Adam McHeffey (http://www.myspace.com/adammcheffey). Thursday, June 18th, from 7-10pm For Your Imagination Loft 22 W. 27th St., 6th Floor (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=& q=22+W.+27th+St.+New+York,+NY&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=39.456673,79.101563&ie=UTF8& ll=40.744932,-73.989701&spn=0.009234,0.019312&t=h&z=16&g=22+W.+27th+St.+New+York,+NY&iwloc=addr) Between Broadway & 6th Ave.

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Well have free (as in beer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_beer)) beer for the reception afterward. If youve didnt make it to any past CC Salons, dont miss this one, and if you did, youll know to come early as space is limited. RSVP to the event via Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=89029494307) or by e-mailing me: fred [at] creativecommons.org. No Comments (http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/15272#respond) Tags: Adam McHeffey (http://creativecommons.org/tag/adam-mcheffey), blip.tv (http://creativecommons.org/tag/bliptv), brett gaylor (http://creativecommons.org/tag/brett-gaylor), CC Salon (http://creativecommons.org/tag/cc-salon), Erik Mller (http://creativecommons.org/tag/erik-moller), for your imagination (http://creativecommons.org/tag/for-your-imagination), frostclick (http://creativecommons.org/tag/frostclick), New York City (http://creativecommons.org/tag/new-york-city), open video conference (http://creativecommons.org/tag/open-video-conference), ovc (http://creativecommons.org/tag/ovc), rip (http://creativecommons.org/tag/rip), rip: a remix manifesto (http://creativecommons.org/tag/rip-a-remix-manifesto), Wikimedia Foundation (http://creativecommons.org/tag/wikimedia-foundation), Wikipedia (http://creativecommons.org /tag/wikipedia)

Remix NYC: Get Your Face In The Opening NYC Screening of Rip! A Remix Manifesto (http://creativecommons.org /weblog/entry/15033)
Cameron Parkins, June 8th, 2009

Times Square (http://www.flickr.com/photos/javigutierrez/3529192654/), J Gutierrez (http://www.flickr.com/photos/javigutierrez/) | CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en)

June is turning into quite the month for the NYC CC-community with both a CC Salon (http://creativecommons.org/weblog /entry/14904) and the Open Video Conference (http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/14418) taking place. For added enjoyment, Open Source Cinema (http://www.opensourcecinema.org/) just announced Remix NYC (http://www.opensourcecinema.org/remixnyc), a digital celebration to commemorate the theatrical opening of Rip! A Remix Manifesto (http://www.opensourcecinema.org/project/rip2.0) at the Cinema Village in New York on June 19th. The premise is simple edit yourself in place of the advertisements that are abound in Javier Gutierrezs Times Square (pictured above) and upload it back to OSCs site for inclusion in the film. The final product will be an animated version of image where the billboards are slowly replaced by free culture activists. Unbelievably cool but you have a short time to get your photos in as the deadline is June 14th visit Remix NYC (http://www.opensourcecinema.org/remixnyc) for all the details. 1 Comment (http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/15033#comments) Tags: CC Salon (http://creativecommons.org/tag/cc-salon), New York City (http://creativecommons.org/tag/new-york-city), open source cinema (http://creativecommons.org/tag/open-source-cinema), rip (http://creativecommons.org/tag/rip), rip: a remix manifesto (http://creativecommons.org/tag/rip-a-remix-manifesto)

Announcing Junes CC Salon NYC / Official OVC Pre-party (http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/14904)

Fred Benenson, June 8th, 2009

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/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/picture-10.png) After taking a break for a bit (things have been busy at CC) Im happy to announce our June Salon, which well be partnering with the Open Video Conference (http://www.openvideoconference.org) on. Think of it as a Salon and the official OVC pre-party. So come out to have some beers with the CC community watch some cool presentations, and meet some new faces in the free culture space. Junes Salon will feature an in depth chat with Brett Gaylor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Gaylor), writer and director of RiP! A Remix Manifesto (http://www.ripremix.com/), a presentation by Erik Moeller (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_M %C3%B6ller), Deputy Director of the Wikimedia Foundation (http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home) WMF on Wikipedias switch to Creative Commons (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Licensing_update) licenses, and some more guests to be announced. Here are the details: Thursday, June 18th, from 7-10pm For Your Imagination Loft 22 W. 27th St., 6th Floor (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=& q=22+W.+27th+St.+New+York,+NY&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=39.456673,79.101563&ie=UTF8& ll=40.744932,-73.989701&spn=0.009234,0.019312&t=h&z=16&g=22+W.+27th+St.+New+York,+NY&iwloc=addr) Between Broadway & 6th Ave. New York, NY Well have free (as in beer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_beer)) beer for the reception afterward. If youve didnt make it to any past CC Salons, dont miss this one, and if you did, youll know to come early as space is limited. RSVP to the event via Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=89029494307) or by e-mailing me: fred [at] creativecommons.org. No Comments (http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/14904#respond) Tags: CC Salon (http://creativecommons.org/tag/cc-salon), Erik Mller (http://creativecommons.org/tag/erik-moller), for your imagination (http://creativecommons.org/tag/for-your-imagination), New York City (http://creativecommons.org /tag/new-york-city), open video conference (http://creativecommons.org/tag/open-video-conference), ovc (http://creativecommons.org/tag/ovc), rip (http://creativecommons.org/tag/rip), rip: a remix manifesto (http://creativecommons.org/tag/rip-a-remix-manifesto), Wikimedia Foundation (http://creativecommons.org /tag/wikimedia-foundation), Wikipedia (http://creativecommons.org/tag/wikipedia)

RiP: A Remix Manifesto Released, Online Remixing Through Kaltura (http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry /13541)
Cameron Parkins, March 23rd, 2009

RiP: A Remix Manifesto (http://www3.nfb.ca/webextension/rip-a-remix-manifesto/), a community-driven documentary that focuses on copyright and remix culture (covered earlier here (http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/10166) and here (http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/9281)) is just beginning to creep out into theaters, having its U.S. premier

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(http://raincitystudios.com/blogs-and-pods/jeff-traynor/us-premiere-rip-a-remix-manifesto-sxsw-2009) last week at SXSW. While the film largely focuses on the story of Greg Gillis (Girl Talk (http://www.myspace.com/girltalk)) it includes interviews with a wide variety of figures, including both Lawrence Lessig (http://lessig.org/) and Cory Doctor (http://craphound.com/)ow. Perhaps most interesting is that the filmmakers have teamed up (http://corp.kaltura.com/press/OpenSourceCinemaChooses-Kalturas-Video-Platform-to-Power-Interactive-Video-Functionality-on-its-New-Online-Community-Developedby-Raincity-Studios) with open source video platform Kaltura (http://corp.kaltura.com/) (early coverage here (http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/10751)) enabling anyone with a computer to remix the film only at opersourcecinema.org (http://www.opensourcecinema.org/). All the footage of the film is released under a CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). No Comments (http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/13541#respond) Tags: CC BY-NC (http://creativecommons.org/tag/cc-by-nc), cory doctorow (http://creativecommons.org/tag/corydoctorow), girl talk (http://creativecommons.org/tag/girl-talk), Kaltura (http://creativecommons.org/tag/kaltura), Lawrence Lessig (http://creativecommons.org/tag/lawrence-lessig), open source cinema (http://creativecommons.org/tag/opensource-cinema), rip (http://creativecommons.org/tag/rip), rip: a remix manifesto (http://creativecommons.org/tag/ripa-remix-manifesto)

Trailer for RiP: A Remix Manifesto Released (http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/10166)

Cameron Parkins, October 20th, 2008 The new trailer (http://blip.tv/file/1329162) for RiP: A Remix Manifesto (http://www.opensourcecinema.org/) the Girl Talk featuring, community edited documentary that focuses on copyright and remix culture was posted online recently and looks to be coming along excellently. The trailer features clips with Greg Gillis (http://www.myspace.com/girltalkmusic), Cory Doctorow (http://craphound.com/), Lawrence Lessig (http://lessig.org/), and a slew of other big names in the copyright/remix world. From Opensource Cinema (http://www.opensourcecinema.org/about):

Imagine a world where ideas and culture, from Happy Birthday to Mickey Mouse, are horded under lock and key by copyright laws. Even ideas that could lead to a cure for cancer would be off-limits. Stop imagining now, because this is the world you live in. Although pop culture giants such as Walt Disney and the Rolling Stones built on the past to produce their art, the door is closing behind them. Ive been making a documentary for over 6 years that explores this issue: RiP: A Remix Manifesto. Digital technology has opened up an unprecedented global economy of ideas. RiP explores the robber barons and revolutionaries squaring off across this new frontier as the film journeys from the hallways of Washington to the favelas of Brazil. Our central protagonist is Gregg Gillis, the Pittsburgh biomedical engineer who moonlights as Girl Talk, a mash-up artist rearranging the pop charts DNA with his incongruous entirely sample based songs. Along the way, I met key figures on the complexities of intellectual property in the digital era, among them Creative Commons founder Lawrence Lessig, culture critic Cory Doctorow, Brazilian musician and Minister of Cultural Affairs Gilberto Gil, and Jammie Thomas, the single mom successfully sued by the RIAA for illegal downloading.
Footage from the film is being continuously posted to RiPs remix site (http://www.opensourcecinema.org/consume2 /raw/popular) for viewers to see an remix similarly the soundtrack is being created collaboratively (http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/9281) online by the ccMixter community. 5 Comments (http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/10166#comments) Tags: cory doctorow (http://creativecommons.org/tag/cory-doctorow), girl talk (http://creativecommons.org/tag/girl-talk), Lawrence Lessig (http://creativecommons.org/tag/lawrence-lessig), open source cinema (http://creativecommons.org /tag/open-source-cinema), rip: a remix manifesto (http://creativecommons.org/tag/rip-a-remix-manifesto)

Call for Soundtrack: RIP A Remixers Manifesto (http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/9281)

Victor Stone, September 9th, 2008 Creative Commons and the makers of the independent film currently in production RIP: A Remixers Manifesto a co-production between Montreal-based production house Eye Steel Film (http://www.eyesteelfilm.com) and the National Film Board of Canada (http://www.nfb.ca) are making a Call for Soundtracks (http://ccmixter.org/rip). The film itself is released under a CC license and has been produced collaboratively through hundreds of submissions and remixes at Open Source Cinema (http://www.opensourcecinema.org). A mashup in its own right, RIP tackles the issue of Fair Use broadly defined as the limited use of copyrighted material without requiring the permission of the rights holders on its own uncertain ground. Pulling footage from a range of sources, filmmaker Brett Gaylor looks at cultural appropriation throughout history, from Muddy Waters to the Rolling Stones to the king of the remix, Walt Disney. With legal advice from Creative Commons founder Lawrence Lessig, Brett negotiates the tricky world of fair-use filmmaking. Now the producers and CC are using ccMixter (http://ccmixter.org) to host a Call for Soundtracks hoping to finish the music soundtrack for the film using remixes made from CC Attribution licensed source material. Instructions and details

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