[Rumori] Copyright Criminals/Creative Commons Remix Contest

[kembrew mcleod]

Copyright Criminals Remix Contest extended; New Chuck D and George 
Clinton samples added

Great news for all you producers, DJs, and remixers: the Copyright 
Criminals Remix Contest over at ccMixter has been extended by two 
weeks, ending on March 14. Additionally, new vocal samples from 
influential rapper Chuck D (of Public Enemy) and pioneering funk 
musician George Clinton (of Parliament-Funkadelic) have been made 
available for use in the competition.

More details below:

COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS REMIX CONTEST EXTENDED UNTIL MARCH 14

New Vocal Samples from Chuck D and George Clinton Made Available for Use
San Francisco, CA, USA – February 15, 2006

Creative Commons, along with filmmakers Kembrew McLeod and Ben Franzen, 
today announced that due to overwhelmingly positive response, the 
Copyright Criminals Remix Contest has been extended by two weeks, 
ending on March 14. Additionally, new vocal samples from influential 
rapper Chuck D (of Public Enemy) and pioneering funk musician George 
Clinton (of Parliament-Funkadelic) have been made available for use in 
the competition.

Winners will be chosen according to the same criteria as originally 
announced; no other contest details are changed.

The Copyright Criminals Remix Contest encourages producers, DJs, and 
remixers from around the world to use audio snippets from the upcoming 
documentary film Copyright Criminals in new, original songs. One winner 
will have his/her music featured prominently in the final edit of 
Copyright Criminals. The winning track, along with 11 runners-up, will 
be included on the film's companion CD. The contest is going on now at 
http://ccmixter.org/.

Drawing from more than fifty interviews with prominent musicians, 
artists, scholars, lawyers, and music industry representatives, 
Copyright Criminals looks at the development of sound collage (also 
known as sampling). The film explores the complicated impact that 
copyright law has had on the creative practice of sampling and studies 
the conflicting opinions artists and others have about appropriation.

Samples of dialogue by artists like De La Soul, DJ Qbert, Matmos, 
Coldcut, and members of Negativland – all taken from interviews 
conducted for Copyright Criminals – are available online at the popular 
remix community ccMixter.org for use as source material to be included 
in entrants' songs. Entries will be judged by McLeod, Franzen, and 
author/producer Jeff Chang. Contest rules and details are available at 
http://ccmixter.org.

About the judges

Kembrew McLeod is a professor at the University of Iowa and an 
award-winning independent documentary filmmaker. McLeod has written 
music criticism for Rolling Stone, the Village Voice, and MOJO; and has 
authored two books, most recently Freedom of Expression®: Overzealous 
Copyright Bozos and Other Enemies of Creativity (Doubleday).

Ben Franzen is an Atlanta-based artist who owns an independent 
production company called Changing Images LLC, which specializes in 
video, photography, and multimedia. Franzen edits the animated TV 
program Squidbillies, which appears as part of the Cartoon Network’s 
Adult Swim line-up.

Jeff Chang is the author of the American Book Award-winning Can't Stop 
Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation. In 1993, he co-founded 
and ran the influential indie hip-hop label, SoleSides (now called 
Quannum Projects), helping launch the careers of DJ Shadow, 
Blackalicious, Lyrics Born, and Lateef the Truth Speaker. He has helped 
produce over a dozen records.

About Creative Commons

Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that promotes the creative 
re-use of intellectual and artistic works by empowering authors and 
audiences. It is sustained by the generous support of the Center for 
the Public Domain, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, 
the Omidyar Network, and the Hewlett Foundation. For more information, 
visit CC's Web site.

Contact:

Eric Steuer
Creative Director, Creative Commons
eric at creativecommons.org

Kembrew McLeod
Co-director, Copyright Criminals
kembrew at kembrew.com

Press Kit: http://creativecommons.org/presskit


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