http://mnstories.com/video/rb/rb_sxsw_darknets.mov
--- In [email protected], "Michael Verdi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey, > I'm back from SXSW. The Darknets panel was a good and touched on some of the > copyright issues. Personally, I think a system where something like "The > Grey Album" is illegal, doesn't work. Now the MPAA (they had a > representative on the panel) and the RIAA still look at this as theft. As > long as that's the case, things are not going to change. And they certainly > won't listen to me as an individual on the issue. But if people in aggregate > willfully disregard these laws where they're just plain stupid, I think, > they'll be forced to come up with some sort of solution. Just as background > - I come at this as an artist who very much respects people's right to get > paid for their work and on the other hand I also believe that by > contributing to and participating in culture (popular and otherwise) you > give up total control over your work. A few years ago I made a short film > about my brother and I playing Star Trek as kids (here's the link all you > fellow Star Trek nerds: > http://www.michaelverdi.com/video/mjplaystartrek.mov). I wrote to > Paramount asking for the right to use the tricorder and > transporter sounds. What I got back from them was a letter explaining how I > could not use (with no option to license for a fee) those sounds along with > the words "Spock", "Enterprise" or "Phaser." I just think that's complete > bullshit. We didn't play Star Voyages as kids or run around with Quadcorders > or something. It was Star Trek. Those are my memories and this film is my > way of remembering. I don't really give a shit if you've trademarked that > stuff - it's part of the culture and they've benefited from that by both > ripping lots of others off in the ideas behind it and in the billions of > dollars they've made because of it. > > -Verdi > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
