Rip! [videorecording] : a remix manifesto / produced by Eyesteelfilm in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada, produced in association with Documentary and Canal D ; produced by Mila Aung-Thwin, Kat Baulu, Germaine Ying Gee Wong ; written and directed by Brett Gaylor.
Documentary. Interviewer: Brett Gaylor ; guests: Girl Talk, Lawrence Lessig, Cory Doctorow, Gilberto Gil, Marybeth Peters. Originally released as a motion picture in 2009. Special features: Additonal scenes; mashup favorites.
Summary:
Explores the complexities of intellectual property in the era of peer-to-peer file sharing. Interviews key figures in the debate, including Gregg Gillis, the Pittsburgh biomedical engineer who moonlights as Girl Talk, a mash-up artist rearranging the pop chart's DNA with his incongruous, entirely sample-based songs. A mash-up in itself, this shatters the wall between users and producers, and challenges the thresholds of 'fair use.'
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