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NMR Playlist

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“Remixing Popular Culture: Subverting Gender and Sexuality with Remix Video”

Julie Levin Russo (Stanford) and Alexis Lothian (USC) as well as Jonathan McIntosh, creator of Buffy vs Edward talk about the power of remix videos and challenging people's perception of sexuality and gender. The event was hosted by Anita Sarkeesian (FeministFrequency.com)

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Johanna Blakley: Lessons from fashion's free culture

USC’s Johanna Blakley does a TED Talk on why in the absence of copyright in the fashion industry, creativity and innovation have flourished.

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Art and the Significance of Remix Culture video

Watch DJs, artists, writers, musicians and lawyers talk about the significance of remix in their work and the long-time tradition of re-use in creative culture.

San Diego Educators speak about March For California's Future

Educators Lacey Dorman, Jim Miller and Kelly Mayhew, their son Walt and students speak about why the continued budget cuts on the California University system is so destructive. This video was made in the NMR Studio that is free to use by the public.

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Lawrence Lessig's talk on openness, fair use and politics

Talk given at TEDxNYED March 6, 2010

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The Golden Age of Video

Artist Ricardo Autobahn took quite a few clips from classic movies and TV shows and strung them together to make this great remix, “The Golden Age of Video.” This is a great example of transformative, fair use of content that’s clever, catchy, and very danceable. Enjoy!

CreatureCast - a zoology podcast released under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license

CreatureCast is a zoology podcast and blog released under a Creative Commonsi NonCommercial ShareAlike license.  It's a joy to watch with clever animation and a well thought out script.

San Diego Filmmaker Martin Johnson creates two Creative Commons documentaries on education and parenting

San Diego filmmaker Martin Johnson has produced two short form documentaries featuring local teachers discussing

  • the importance of parent involvement, and
  • how creating a math honor society encouraged inner city students to achieve

Both documentaries are licensed under Creative Commons licenses and were made using New Media Rights Free Public Studio equipment.

Tons of cool ways to use a Mac to the song of "Again & Again" by the Bird & the Bee

Very clever, fan made music video using different applications on a Mac.

Total Eclipse of the Heart: Literal Video Version

Funny parody of the music video for Total Eclipse of the heart. I'll never look at this video the same. Awesome, right?

I Met The Walrus

In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan snuck into John Lennon's hotel room in Toronto and convinced him to do an interview. 38 years later, Levitan, director Josh Raskin and illustrator James Braithwaite have collaborated to create an animated short film using the original interview recording as the soundtrack.

Rip: A Remix Manifesto

Feel free to remix this documentary at the official site.

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Alice in Wonderland song and video Remix

"Alice," an electronic piece of music of which 90% is composed using sounds recorded from the Disney film 'Alice In Wonderland'. Phenomenal remix skills on display here. 

Auto-Tune the News #2

Mash up/remix/parody of the news.

Kutiman remixes YouTube

A remix of a bunch of videos on YouTube.

Ronald Jenkees

Ronald Jenkees rocking out to another one of his awesome home made beats.

Hardware Wars: original user generated content from 1977

Considered by some to be THE original user generated content, here is 1977's "Hardware Wars."  The movie, starring Fluke Starbucker and Ham Salad apparently took $8000 to make, though distribution was understandably more difficult at the time.

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Wallpaper - TREX

Homegrown video from talented electronic artists Wallpaper .

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Stephen Colbert & Lawrence Lessig talk about copyright law and issue green screen challenge

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Remix Rebels