If you’re wondering whether YouTube and its brethren are artistic tools in addition to being distribution tools, take a look at the work of Kutiman, born Ophir Kutiel. His on-line video project, ThruYou, clips and cuts existing YouTube videos into entirely new works of art. Says Merlin Mann to those in the music industry preparing litigation:
…this is what your new Elvis looks like, gang. And, eventually somebody
will figure out (and publicly admit) that Kutiman, and any number of
his peers on the “To-Sue” list, should be passed from Legal down to
A&R.Everybody knows the business has moved from legal to binary
files. The question now is how much more lead time old media companies
and other IP-obsessives can afford to burn by pretending it’s
otherwise.
Arts managers, funders, organizations, and enthusiasts…are you ready for this?
My post with comments on Great Dance “Remix Culture Vs. Copyright Protection: What’s Best for Dance?”
I think that from the perspective of arts organizations and managers that this topic would benefit from extensive exploration.
A real find. I never cease to be amazed by the uncelebrated artists doing new and interesting things. This one clip alone shows how the Creative Commons License which is democratically based is more appropriate for the 21st Century than the Digital Millennium Copyright Act which is greed based.
Go visit Mike Relm on youtube for more. Played Vancovuer not long ago. packed, sell out audience. I think your comment is right on the mark – figure out how to stop it, or figure out how to make money off it. I’d prefer the latter, comments viz DMCA notwithstanding.
http://www.mikerelm.com/videos.php#
This is an important problem currently facing us – what is public and can be altered by someone else? As an artist I can understand being protective of something you’ve done and not wanting someone else to alter or cut and paste it. I created it to stand alone. On the other hand DJs and the like are becoming increasingly popular and people have always been fascinated by what happens when two things are put together.