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RiP: A remix manifesto

January 23, 2009 · 4 comments

in general

Wow. While surfing the NFB archives, I found the trailer to an upcoming film called RiP: A remix manifesto. An open source film about copyright.

From the NFB page for the movie:
Web activist and filmmaker Brett Gaylor explores copyright in the information age, mashing up the media landscape of the 21st century and shattering the [...]

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on opening the NFB archives

January 23, 2009 · 3 comments

in general

So the National Film Board of Canada has flung open the vault to make many national treasures freely available online. Wow. This is such an amazing set of resources, covering the entire range of Canadian culture. Films that helped define who we are.
Documentaries like Being Caribou. Churchill’s Island. Short films like 23 Skidoo. Art films [...]

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