So asks the new documentary RiP: A Remix Manifesto, premiering in San Francisco at Mezzanine on Thursday at 7:00pm as part of the SF Film Society’s bimonthly SF360 Film+Club program.
Girl Talk (who I’m sure everybody is tired of me gushing over, over and over) is the film’s “central protagonist,” but we’ll also hear from bossa nova great Gilberto Gil, Creative Commons dude Lawrence Lessig and Boing Boing bro Cory Doctorow.
Director Brett Gaylor will be there, and as per the “Club” portion of the event, some prominent DJs and VJs will perform following the screening.
Get your tickets here.
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It looks like this documentary is raising all of the right questions, and hopefully with the added popularity of artists like Greg (Girl Talk), those questions will finally be resolved. DJ Z-Trip has been releasing music in a similar style for over a decade and there have been always been debates about it’s legality. Regardless, it’s crazy to think that anyone could spend years in jail for copy-right infringement, but you can walk free after 30 days for killing someone as long as your a famous athlete: http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/16/florida.nfl.player.plea/
Clarification: Girl Talk performances are legal, it’s the releasing of CDs or downloads without rights clearance that’s not legal (regardless of if one charges or gives it away for free).
Well what makes this a potentially sticky issue is the idea of fair use & transformation.
Greg has been ready & willing to wage a defense. Yet, how about this: He hasn’t been attacked.
Hmmm, makes you wonder. I hope.
Before I knew too much about Girl Talk I would have said yes his work was illegal. But after watching RiP! (my introduction to Girl Talk), I’m not so sure anymore. I’m leaning towards it being legal. I was amazed by how persuasive the film was.
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