Colbert Challenges World to Remix Interview
Last night on The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert interviewed Creative Commons founder Larry Lessig, about his new book, "Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy" (which everyone should check out). Lessig, a strong proponent of modifying copyright restrictions on art (including music), was there to talk about the value added to society when people are encouraged to share and remix creative material.
During the interview (which you can watch here), Colbert challenged someone to break the rules:
The nerve! Let's show this foolish man the power of remixing, and convince him that remixes are nothing to scoff at! We've started a session and uploaded the audio from the interview here.
We know you want to. So, let's make you famous! If you don't have anything better to do this weekend, get to it!
Our promise to you: on Thursday, January 22 at 5pm (EST), we'll tell Stephen Colbert and Larry Lessig about this session and invite them to join. That very same day, we'll post some of the tracks on Indaba to show off how freakin' amazing you all are.
During the interview (which you can watch here), Colbert challenged someone to break the rules:
"Never... ever... ever... take anything of mine and remix it! For instance, I will be very angry if anyone takes this interview right here and remixes it with some great dance beat, and it starts showing up in clubs across America."
The nerve! Let's show this foolish man the power of remixing, and convince him that remixes are nothing to scoff at! We've started a session and uploaded the audio from the interview here.
We know you want to. So, let's make you famous! If you don't have anything better to do this weekend, get to it!
Our promise to you: on Thursday, January 22 at 5pm (EST), we'll tell Stephen Colbert and Larry Lessig about this session and invite them to join. That very same day, we'll post some of the tracks on Indaba to show off how freakin' amazing you all are.
Source: Indaba Music
