Meta-Mashup

Walt Disney: The Original Pirate
Macy's 1st Thanksgiving Parade

As much as I enjoyed Lessig's "Free Culture," many of the topics he discussed seemed downright archaic, especially his perception of file sharing.

For my group's final project, I'd love to do a video mashup from various chapters across the book that relate to the millenial issue of file sharing and how these have been resolved and/or affected by torrenting. Essentially, a mashup about Lessig's ideas regarding fair use and mashups. Relevant passages include:

"If 99.4 percent is not good enough, then this is a war on file-sharing technologies, not copyright infringement." (74)

"But how, and to what extent, and in what form--the details, in other words--matter? To get a good sense of how turning the intangible into property emerged, we need to place this 'property' in its proper context." (84)

"Much of 'sampling' should be considered 'fair use.'" (107)

MASHED

A few good song mashups for y'all: the first is a Beyonce-Fleet Foxes combination (via the Hood Internet); the second mixes Paul Simon and Vampire Weekend. Also, new Girl Talk is real good.

Twitter: The Change Engine (2.0)

Wow! Definitely have a whole new level of respect for people who use iMovie on a daily basis.