I hear you, Kat. Sometimes the emphasis on the remix can obscure the source materials in ways that have negative effects on creativity.
My affection for cut/ copy/ paste goes back to its appearance in Doug Engelbart's famous demo[1]. Since that famous moment in 1968, it has been associated with a type of personal computing that recognizes and respects human culture. Also, little else demonstrates the reproducibility of digital media more clearly and simply than Copy-Paste-Paste-Paste-Paste-... ^___^ [1] http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8734787622017763097 Kevin On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 12:04 PM, Kat Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 11:53 AM, Elizabeth Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> fwiw, i really like the idea of cut/copy/paste as a representation of >> fc/remix culture, and i think the bg accomplishes that in a creative way. > > I'm not that fond of it, actually -- because it doesn't represent > what's put in by the new artist. It encourages the view that remixing > isn't creative, and that's it's just, well, as simple as cutting, > copying, and pasting. > > -Kat > > -- > Your donations keep Wikipedia online: http://donate.wikimedia.org/en > Wikimedia, Press: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Personal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mindspillage * (G)AIM:Mindspillage > mindspillage or mind|wandering on irc.freenode.net * email for phone > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- )_)_)_)_)_)_ _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
