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EVERYTHING IS A REMIXKIRBY FERGUSON
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▸ Remix is a type of fold art
▸ It is very common, used it many types of media
▸ “everything is a remix”
LED ZEPPELIN AWESOME OR A RIP OFF?
▸ They didn’t credit anyone but their rip offs were considered a legal remix
GENRE FILMS
▸ Films are built on other films
▸ Even Star Wars has been done before
▸ Existing templates from other movies were used for special effects shots in Star Wars
BLURRY BOUNDARY
▸ There are blurry boundaries between original and unoriginal
▸ Kill Bill is a super mash up of existing films
COPYING
▸ Copying is how we learn
▸ We can’t learn anything new until we know the “language”
▸ “no one starts out original"
REMIXING TECHNOLOGY
▸ Mac got their graphical interface from Xerox
▸ Technology exposes all the connections and remixing
IT CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE
▸ Innovations can happen by different people in different places at the same time
▸ Culture develops the same way evolution occurs
REMIX CAN BACKFIRE
▸ Disney got early movie ideas from the public domain (free ideas) but when they produced original content established copyrights
▸ 62% of patent lawsuits are about software
COPYRIGHTS
▸ There are companies that acquire patent rights then litigate to earn profits
▸ These companies don’t produce any conent
▸ Copying is okay when you're the one doing it (biased laws)
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