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This is a cool article that briefly discusses the history of file-sharing!  We all kind of know the jist of it, but it's interesting to see it all written out.

A look at the beginning of the end for the website everyone either loved or loathed--Napster, and an exploration in (the attempts to) limit file sharing. 

A funny little copyright tutorial video.

Video about the history of copyright. :)

Burzynski stands to be the first person in history to own the intellectual property rights for a cancer treatment that was not created by a pharmaceutical company. FDA didn't want to approve it.. WHY? Cancer treatment is a billion-dollar industry and the pharmaceutical companies stand to lose if a safe alternative treatment becomes the standard...

Making the old new again--remixing iconic historical photographs by adding color

Some examples of "remixing" someone else's art by Van Gogh

Hurricane: a beautiful song and an interesting video of remixed history.. Somehow they go so well together.

Remix: an act of social creativity; a new way of communitcating cross nationaly, cross culturally, spanning history and present/ fiction film and reality, displaying a relationship, creating a relationship.

No Doubt, my favorite band. Who would have thought someone would use them - and one of their top hits - to give us a history lesson. Makes me wonder why do people create these parodies? Is it simply to make fun of something, or are the "artist" trying to bring important issues to our attention? 

Interesting history of the bootleg radios (Free Radio). Some logos are really cool, the second one looks like an RKO Radio Pictures but says "Free Radio" and has a hand of an individual holding the tower... In the end of the article there is a FAIR USE message that says: "This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc.." Isn't that what we all want?  They also make sure that they "DO NOT CONDONE ILLEGAL PIRATE HF RADIO ACTIVITY": it's better to have a legal radio station than have  "FCC KNOCKING AT YOU DOOR."

When disney bought lucas films, it turns out they bought all these different lighting and technology equipment/software. It's crazy how they can get away with owning all this technology/software and having their competitors be years away from catching up.

"Filmmakers, fans, activists, artists, and media makers have been reediting television, movies, and news media for critical and political purposes since almost the very beginning of moving pictures. Over the past century, this subversive form of populist remixing has been called many things, including appropriation art, détournement, media jamming, found footage, avant-garde film, television hacking, telejusting, political remix, scratch video, vidding, outsider art, antiart, and even cultural terrorism."

These videos are really cool and definitely worth checking out. The early examples, going back to 1941, show the constant desire of people to remix before the technology really caught up.

Pretty cool rap battle (I like 2:20 to 2:48 part best)..

A nice review of riffs we all recognize but don't necessarily know where they come from...