RiP !: A Remix Manifesto
Movie | |
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Original title | RiP !: A Remix Manifesto |
Country of production | Canada |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 2008 |
length | 86 minutes |
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Director | Brett Gaylor |
production | Daniel Cross Mila Aung Thwin Ravida Din Sally Bochner (from NFB ) |
music | Olivier Alary |
camera | Mark Ellam |
cut | Brett Gaylor Tony Asimakopoulos |
RiP !: A Remix Manifesto is an open-source - documentary from the year 2008 about "the changing concept of copyright", directed by Brett Gaylor . The film was released under the Creative Commons license CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0, which means that it ispermitted todistribute and mix the filmfor non-commercial purposesunder the same conditions and with attribution .
The documentary, which was created over a six-year period, includes the collaborative remix work of hundreds of people who contributed to the Open Source Cinema website (created especially for the film) and helped create "the first open source To create the world's documentary, "as Gaylor put it. The working title of the project was Basement Tapes , (based on the Bob Dylan album of the same name ), but was renamed RiP !: A Remix Manifesto before it hit theaters. Gaylor encouraged people to create their own remixes of this film using the media from the Open Source Cinema website or other websites such as YouTube , Flickr , Hulu or MySpace .
background
Gaylor traveled the world looking for like-minded people who would help him draft the remixer manifesto that defines the structure of his open source documentation. The manifest is as follows:
1. Culture always builds on the past.
2. The past always tries to control the future.
3. Our future becomes less free.
4. To build free societies one has to limit control of the past.
Gaylor also distinguishes between corporate and public domain works, arguing that the former use " CopyRIGHT " while public domain works represent the free exchange of ideas, which he calls " CopyLEFT ". Gaylor and Gillis are clearly on the copyleft side, so they want to increase the growth of ideas through the free accessibility of works.
Participants
The documentary is particularly interested in the legal gray area of remixing (mixing) existing works. The film shows appearances by:
- Gregg Gillis (known as Girl Talk ), an American musician who specializes in mashup remixes, which often uses a dozen or more unauthorized samples from different songs to create a completely new track. Gilli's 2006 album Night Ripper could potentially involve 300 copyright infringements leading to a maximum claim for damages of around $ 45 million. Fans see the mash-up artist as a creative model, collecting societies complain about copyright violations.
- Lawrence Lessig , an American political activist, professor of law at Harvard Law School, and founder of the Center for Internet and Society . He is known as an advocate of reduced legal regulation of copyright and trademark rights, especially in technology applications. He was previously a law professor at Stanford Law School. Gaylor discusses the legal protection of fair use with Lessig to determine the legal problems of film production.
- Cory Doctorow , a Canadian blogger, journalist, and science fiction writer. Doktorow is an associate editor of the Boing Boing blog and an activist for copyright reform. He is an advocate of the Creative Commons organization, and uses its licenses for his books. Common topics include digital rights management and file sharing .
- Gilberto Gil , the Brazilian musician and former minister of culture, who initiated pioneering programs for open source in Brazil through a partnership with Creative Commons . As a minister, he sponsored a program called "Culture Points," which provided music engineering and education scholarships to people in poor areas of the country's cities.
- Dan O'Neill , a cartoonist and founder of Air Pirates , a group that became famous when it was sued by the Walt Disney Company for copyright infringement.
- Jammie Thomas , a single mother who makes $ 36,000 a year and was successfully sued by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for $ 222,220 in damages for downloading 24 songs on the Kazaa file sharing platform .
other topics
The Statute of Anne of 1710 gives authors exclusive rights to their works. The documentary was able to be produced and distributed based on a part of American copyright law known as " fair use ". Fair Use offers the opportunity to use works protected by copyright in order to draw attention to a fact within the framework of freedom of expression . Due to the fact that Gaylor covers copyright law and the rights of artists in his film, he was legally allowed to use copyrighted pieces as an example to get his point across. He uses mixed music in the film to show that the music industry usually considers such use illegal. The film also discusses the legal and factual consequences of downloading copyrighted works.
The Capitol Records, Inc. v. Thomas-Rassett was the first major record label copyright infringement lawsuit in the United States of America for file sharing.
Film Festival and Awards
RiP !: A Remix Manifesto made its international debut at the ( International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam ) in November 2008. It won the festival's audience award.
The film will have its US premiere at the South by Southwest Festival on March 15, 2009.
Canadian news magazine Macleans called the film "a scintillating frontal assault on how corporate culture mutes freedom of expression with copyright law."
The film also won the audience award at the Whistler Film Festival , which took place from December 4 to 7, 2008. The film was in the running for Best Documentary in the 30th Annual Genie Awards in Canada.
The film won the "Special Jury Prize" at the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma in Montreal . It was the final film at Docs Barcelona . The film was also indicted at the EBS film festival (Korea). It was the opening film at the Ambulante Film Festival (Mexico City). Furthermore, the film came u. a. in the selection of the Munich Film Festival and the Rio International Film Festival.
Charisma
The film was broadcast worldwide on the following television channels: Documentary (Canada), Documentary Channel (USA), NHK (Japan), SBS (Australia), YLE (Finland), NRK (Norway), EBS (South Korea), Canal D - Quebec, Yes - Israel, VPRO - Netherlands, TV3 - Catalonia, TVP Cultura - Poland, Globo - Brazil, Cult - Italy, Planete - France, iSat - Argentina + South America
reception
RiP !: One remix manifesto received mixed reviews: The Globe and Mail called the film "A powerful, vibrant, and immensely entertaining call to action." Critics in Australia, however, particularly criticized the polemical nature of the film. Many of the reviewers on the Rotten Tomatoes rating platform struggled with the director's point of view, so the film got an average score of 5/10 based on 10 reviews from critics. The audience, on the other hand, gave the film a 75% approval rating based on 316 ratings.
RiP !: A Remix Manifesto 2.0
On February 27, 2009, Brett Gaylor started a new project on his website, Open Source Cinema, called RiP!: A Remix Manifesto 2.0. With this project, he invited users to take the original files, remix them, and upload their contributions to be included in a new, improved version of the film. The 2.0 was shown at the SilverDocs Film Festival.
See also
Web links
- RiP !: A Remix Manifesto in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- RiP !: A Remix Manifesto on the National Film Board of Canada (English) (film available for free)
- EyeSteelFilm
- "Walking on Eggshells: Borrowing Culture in the Remix Age" Documentation "Walking on Eggshells"
- http://www.documentary.org/content/copyright-or-%20copywrong-rip-challenges-intellectual-property-rights
- http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/05/brett-gaylor-talks-rip-remix-manifesto/
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kirsner, Scott. "CinemaTech Filmmaker Q&A: Brett Gaylor of Open Source Cinema".
- ↑ Sinnott, Shane. " The Load-Down ( Memento of the original from June 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ", Montreal Mirror , 29 March 2007. Accessed June 30, 2008
- ↑ CinemaTech Interview with Brett Gaylor about the Open Source Cinema project on youtube
- ↑ Steve Hardy: Rip! A Remix Manifesto . March 8, 2009. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
- ↑ Douglas Gelevan: Getting 'RiP'ped - Brett Gaylor's RiP: A Remix Manifesto . April 2, 2010. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
- ^ RiP: A Remix Manifesto: review . October 16, 2008. Archived from the original on September 26, 2014 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved May 19, 2014.
- ↑ Larry Rohter : Gilberto Gil and the politics of music . In: International Herald Tribune , The New York Times Company , March 12, 2007. Retrieved March 16, 2008.
- ^ "Winners at the IDFA festival 2008" ( Memento from December 7th, 2008 in the Internet Archive ).
- ^ SXSW Interactive at the Movies . Archived from the original on January 20, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 6, 2010.
- ↑ copyright in 'RiP: A Remix Manifesto.' ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 19, 2014
- ↑ "iofilm review of RiP !: A Remix Manifesto" . Archived from the original on June 1, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
- ↑ Anh Khoi Do: Winners at the 30th Genie Awards . April 12, 2010. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
- ↑ RiP: A Remix Manifesto at Rotten Tomatoes (English)