Check out this screenshot of Stephen Colbert’s interview with Larry Lessig embedded in Lessig’s blog. According to Lessig, the interview is CC-licensed. As such, the irony of the phrase “This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Viacom International Inc.” is astounding. It’s particularly inexplicable when you consider the value to Viacom here; the viral, organic promotion of Colbert that’s happened on Indaba Music and other places as a result has been amazing…
While interviewing Larry Lessig (founder of Creative Commons), Steven Colbert issued a challenge to his audience in his usual sarcastic fashion…DO NOT REMIX THIS INTERVIEW. Our community over at Indaba Music has taken this challenge to heart and a bevy of different mixes have been springing up. Check them out and join in on the fun here!
more about "Remix Challenge from Stephen Colbert!…", posted with vodpod
Not surprising that Larry Lessig would give a good talk on the problems with and future of intellectual property law, but even though its no surprise I wanted to share. My brother sent me this video (he actually first introduced me to the TED talks – you should check them out, there’s some amazing, amazing talks in there), it’s of a talk Lessig gave at TED in March. Check it out – you’ll be smarter and have a great perspective on things after you do. Not to mention the similarities between Lessig’s thinking and ours here at Indaba – I think I even heard him use the phrase “democratization of music production” – a phrase Dan and I use a lot when we talk about the proliferation of inexpensive, high-quality digital recording technology (actually, we did it here in Les Echos back in August – I’d love to say great minds think alike but I’m not quite that presumptuous – Larry’s a pretty smart guy – just happy to see we’re aligned).
Anyway, you don’t need anymore of my rambling to appreciate this talk. Check it out, and have a great weekend.
Not surprising that Larry Lessig would give a good talk on the problems with and future of intellectual property law, but even though its no surprise I wanted to share. My brother sent me this video (he actually first introduced me to the TED talks – you should check them out, there’s some amazing, amazing talks in there), it’s of a talk Lessig gave at TED in March. Check it out – you’ll be smarter and have a great perspective on things after you do. Not to mention the similarities between Lessig’s thinking and ours here at Indaba - I think I even heard him use the phrase “democratization of music production” – a phrase Dan and I use a lot when we talk about the proliferation of inexpensive, high-quality digital recording technology (actually, we did it here in Les Echos back in August – I’d love to say great minds think alike but I’m not quite that presumptuous – Larry’s a pretty smart guy – just happy to see we’re aligned).
Anyway, you don’t need anymore of my rambling to appreciate this talk. Check it out, and have a great weekend.
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