RiP !: A Remix Manifesto

Movie
Original title	RiP !: A Remix Manifesto
Country of production	Canada
original language	English
Publishing year	2008
length	86 minutes
Rod
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 .

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.