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Israeli Photographer Takes Classic Paintings For A Spin

Posted 04.05.2012

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Israeli photographer Tamir Sher decided to use his old record player to remix the classics. Except instead of taking an old Zeppelin LP for a spin, he...

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Was Bach The Original DJ?

Posted 03.26.2012

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Last week in honor of Bach's birthday NPR declared it "Goldberg Week", honoring the enthralling and eternally puzzling Goldberg Variations. The Va...

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The Perfect Balance of Art vs. Science

Taryn Haight | Posted 10.11.2011

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Taryn Haight

I was reassured that not all was lost for live music the night I witnessed Art vs. Science rock a packed-out show earlier this year at Mercury Lounge.

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WATCH: Oscar Winning 'King's Speech' Gets Remixed

Posted 05.25.2011

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The video below is further proof that nothing is safe from being remixed. The creative minds behind Eclectic Method have taken the Oscar winner for B...

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The "Imbecile" and "Moron" Responds: On the Freedoms of Remix Creators

Lawrence Lessig | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lawrence Lessig

We need an anti-moron norm: If something sounds crazy, assume its not. Assume you've missed something, and check again. If after reading and trying to understand the issue and the person more, you still think its crazy, go slow.

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Copyright and Remixing Kanye Tweets and New Yorker Cartoons

Edward Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

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Edward Lee

A comedy singing group named Paul and Storm took a bunch of New Yorker cartoons and remixed their captions with tweets from Kanye West. So what does this mean for copyright in our remix culture?

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Why "Talk" Culture will Destroy the World

Hugh McGuire | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andrew Keen, Internet, Copyright, Remix, Collaboration, Nicholas Carr, Web, Michiko Kakutani, Post-Modernism, Jaron Lanier, Media, Technology, Farhad-Manjoo, Cass Sunstein, Technology News
Hugh McGuire

In the New York Times, Michiko Kakutani takes on the Internet, remix culture, post-modernism and the technology-induced Decline of Western Civilizatio...

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The Brooklyn Museum's Copyright Project

Jonathan Melber | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jonathan Melber

The Brooklyn Museum understands that the public better served, when it allows its collection to be reproduced, remixed and disseminated in as many (non-commercial) ways as possible.

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Remixing the Book

Hugh McGuire | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hugh McGuire

Writers will probably always want to keep control of their work, but who is to say that the particular collaboration between a writer and her editor results in the best possible book?

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A Remix Manifesto for Our New Copyright Czar

Jonathan Melber | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jonathan Melber

Obama has appointed the first U.S. copyright czar. Our profoundly broken copyright laws, rather than fostering creativity, as they were originally intended, now inhibit it at every turn.

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