Posts Tagged ‘ remix ’

Open Source Animated Film Ready For Remixing

Jun 2nd, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: General

Big Buck Bunny is an animated short, released under the Creative Common Attribution license.
The film is about “a giant rabbit with a heart bigger than himself. When one sunny day three rodents rudely harass him, something snaps… and the rabbit ain’t no bunny anymore! In the typical cartoon tradition he prepares the nasty rodents a [...]



9 Fair Use Ways To Reuse Online Video

Jan 3rd, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Citizen Media, Internet TV, Podcasting Law

There’s been a lot of controversy in the last year over the use and reuse of coyrighted content in videos published at sites like YouTube. A new study on copyright and creativity from the Center and American University‚Äôs Washington College of Law may help clear things up.
The study (pdf), Recut, Reframe, Recycle: Quoting Copyrighted Material [...]



George Lucas Wants You To Remix Star Wars

May 24th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Citizen Media, Digital Video Downloads, Video

George Lucas has had his chance to remix Star Wars, and now he’s wants you to give it a try.
This week, Lucasfilm will make clips of Star Wars available on the Internet for fans to use in remixes. Over 200 clips, taken from all six Star Wars movies, will be available on StarWars.com [...]



Mainstream Media Goes Crazy For Anti-Hillary 1984 Ad Remix

Mar 19th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Strange, Streaming Video, Video

A remix of Apple’s famous 1984 ad that places Senator Hillary Clinton in the “big brother” role is causing a stir in mainstream media.
The video, below, is being called “groundbreaking”, and “a watershed moment in 21st century media and political advertising”.

The video represents “a new era, a new wave of politics … because [...]