Wow, sounds really interesting and fun, Brett. Link to Pogue's tune?
Jan On 28 Mar 2007 07:42:26 -0700, Brett Gaylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> Record a videoblog karaoke mashup of the RIAA to the tune of > YMCA!! <<< > > Hello Videobloggers! Sorry if this shows up twice - my posts from > Gmail never seem to show up. My name is Brett Gaylor - I've been a > member of this community list since 2005 - it has helped me > enormously as a videoblogger, filmmaker and activist. I've had a > chance to meet some of you in person at Vloggercon last year, when I > presented a project called Homeless Nation that I helped create here > in Canada. > > I'm writing now in regards to an other project - it's called Open > Source Cinema. It's a web and documentary project I've actually been > working on for over 4 years - one of those projects that sits on the > backburner till its ready - which is now. And its a project that > needs you to get made! > > Open Source Cinema is the web platform for the creation of a feature > documentary film about Copyright titled Basement Tapes. Through the > film, I'm examining how our concepts of "intellectual property" have > been radically altered by the Internet. The film will use music as a > lens to examine the greater issues of gene patenting, bio-piracy, > medicine, and the ownership of culture. Its also going to be a lot > of fun - I'm filming with Negativland, GirlTalk, The Freelance > Hellraiser, DJ Food, John Oswald, Mark Viddler, and Lawrence Lessig > among many others. > > This film is open source - and thats why I created > OpenSourceCinema.org to help make it. Footage I shoot during the > production of the film will be released under a Creative Commons > license on the site - and I'm asking for key remixes to be created by > participants like yourselves. I've created several "requests" for > videos to be created around key topics - using footage I've shot, > your own, or footage found online. > > http://www.opensourcecinema.org/create > > As well, the project has a wiki that will serve as its script. I've > just finished off the first draft, and I'm keen to see who's willing > to be bold - add their own suggestions, call bullshit, and ruthlessly > edit. > > http://www.opensourcecinema.org/wikifilm > > And finally - I'm looking for videoblogs from creators like you. I > want your opinions on the issue, as raw or refined as you see fit. > My first challenge is in acknowledgment of March being Boycott The > RIAA Month: The RIAA theme song by the New York Times' David Pogue. > I've started the first karaoke version - you're next! > > http://www.opensourcecinema.org/riaa > > "Know what? > They're a lawsuit machine. > They say so what > If you're only thirteen? > And you know what? > They were equally mean > To an 80-year-old grandma! > > You've just been sued by the R.I.A.A.! > You've just been sued by the R.I.A.A.! > Their attorneys say, you committed a crime, > And there'd better not be a next time!" > > With videoblogging week coming up - I'm hoping some of you might use > this as one of your days entries! Stealing is, after all, a deadly sin. > > To see what's going on - http://www.opensourcecinema.org - there are > tons of videos and clues and opportunities for collaboration. > > The film is going to be released in 2008 - online, on TV, and in > theatres as well. I'm blessed with a co-production with the National > Film Board of Canada (www.nfb.ca), which is Canada's cultural film > agency. They're excited to see the film spread as far and wide as > possible. > > Hope to collaborate with some of you!!! > > Brett > > ----- > http://www.opensourcecinema.org > http://www.homelessnation.org > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- The Faux Press - better than real http://fauxpress.blogspot.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
