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Keep questioning copyright: All Creative Work Is Derivative

Mar 9

Posted by Patrick T. Lafferty in the good fight | 1 Comment

All Creative Work Is Derivative

This is the second “minute meme” from Nina Paley for Question Copyright. Be sure to check out her walkthrough of her “Free Culture Lunch” process.

I’ve been using Nina Paley as the standard bearer for the modern notion of copyright in my classes. Some students have readily embraced the concept and others have pushed back (hard) that the corporatist copyright ethos will never die. But every single person admits that the system is broken. It has been a fascinating conversation and one that would have been much less lively without Nina’s example. Most important, though, is the fact that all of the students are questioning copyright. That is a victory in and of itself.

Tags: ACTA, Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, copyfight, copyright, Creative Commons, intellectual property, Nina Paley, Question Copyright

Copying Is Not Theft - let the re-recording begin!

That’s right, kiddies, copying is not theft! Time to forget the propaganda that you are fed every time you pop a dvd into the player. Oh, it is still a crime thanks to our draconian Digital Millennium Copyright Act, but it is not theft, so don’t feel like you are stealing, because you aren’t. Case in point: Nina Paley. Watch below as she describes how she makes a good living as a digital artist living without copyright. She is an exemplar for the digital age. After the jump, you can actually watch her feature film that she created and gave to the world, free of charge, via the Creative Commons’ Share Alike license.

Note: I publish Fortuna Faveat under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike license.

NINA PALEY - A 'FREE' DISTRIBUTION CASE STUDY: SITA SINGS THE BLUES - CROSS-MEDIA FILM FORUM 2009

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Tags: ACTA, acta access list, Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, anti-DRM, Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike, big brother, bill of rights, Citigroup anti-consumer, civil liberties, congress love hollywood, congress loves hollywood, constitutional violations, copyfight, copyright criminalization, copyright law, copyright reform, Creative Commons, culture of surveillance, DRM, DRM sucks, DRM-free, enforcement of intellectual property rights act, First Amendment, Free Distribution, hollywood lobby, intellectual property, Monsanto, Monsanto anti-consumer, MPAA, MPAA anti-consumer, Nina Paley, p2p, p2p legality, p2p made illegal, privacy, Question Copyright, RIAA, RIAA anti-consumer, secret acta access list, Share Alike, Sita Sings The Blues, United States Trade Representative, USTR

Mick Foley hired to defend Real American Hero Will Phillips

Nov 23

Posted by Patrick T. Lafferty in the good fight | No Comments

Jon Stewart has called upon professional wrestler Mick Foley to defend 10-year-old Will Phillips from homophobic slurs used against him following his refusal to recite the pledge of allegiance in protest of gay discrimination.

After my blogging and tweeting marathon this weekend (back-to-back record-setting days of traffic) and the disgusting content contained therein, I thought it was time for some good news and a couple laughs. Bring on Mick Foley and some more Will Phillips! I introduced you to young Will two weeks ago and the story has just grown since then. He really has become a bit of a folk hero and deservedly so!

Tags: A boy and his flag – Why Will won’t pledge, christian bigotry, gay adoption rights, gay marriage equality, gay rights, Human Tetherball, Jon Stewart, maine bigotry, maine question 1, marriage equality, Mick Foley, queer rights, say no to the pledge of allegiance, The Daily Show, Will Phillips, young american hero