folder_open iconAndy Warhol Foundation Supports our Minute Memes Project with $30k Grant.

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Posted by Bryan Andrews | Posted in: Syndicated Articles | Comments(0) January 2010

pcenterbr / a href=http://warholfoundation.org/grant/index.html#/2009/CAimg alt=Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts src=/cm/images/warhol-foundation.jpg //a/center/p p We are pleased to announce that the a href=http://warholfoundation.orgAndy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts/a has given their 2009 Wynn Kramarsky Freedom of Artistic Expression Award to our a href=/minute_memesMinute Memes/a animation project. The award comes with a grant of $30,000 USD, to fund the creation of the first three memes (one of which is already available in a href=/minute_memes/copying_is_not_theftdraft/a form)./p p We thank the Andy Warhol Foundation for their support, and for their recognition of copyright#39;s effects on freedom of expression. Our a href=http://questioncopyright.org/files/warhol-foundation/minute-memes-description-and-budget.pdfapplication/a to the Foundation focused on this point:/p blockquote p emThe Minute Memes project is a series of one-minute animated videos about copyright restrictions and artistic freedom, to be made by award-winning graphic artist and animator a href=/who#nina-paleyNina Paley/anbsp;mdash;nbsp;author of the film quot;Sita Sings the Bluesquot;, adjunct faculty at Parsons The New School For Design in New York City (teaching Visual Narrative), 2006 Guggenheim Fellow, and Artist in Residence at QuestionCopyright.org./em/p p emThe Minute Memes are a response to widely-available videos and other materials from the copyright industry (see reference a href=www.copyrightalliance.org/content.php?key=videos[1]/a), in which the message is that copyright is a natural and absolute property right that trumps freedom of expression and people#39;s ability to share and reimagine the culture around them. The Minute Memes will counteract this through visual storytelling, backed by still-image and written supplementary materials, to show how artists and audiences can thrive in a more permissive, less monopolistic environment than the one envisioned by the current copyright system./em/p p emThe Minute Memes will offer an aesthetically engaging and intellectually consistent framework for considering copyright#39;s restrictive effects. Step by step, the series will build a new frame of reference to supplant received rhetoric about copyrightnbsp;mdash;nbsp;received rhetoric such as the notion of quot;balancingquot; the needs of creators and the public, which assumes that the two are in opposition; the idea that copying is a form of stealing; the idea that control over copies must be bound up with attribution; etc. We have already seen anecdotal evidence that there is a need for the Minute Memes; for example, see a href=nick.onetwenty.org/index.php/2009/03/28/copying-isnt-theft/[2]/a./em/p /blockquote p This grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation is also a kind of seed funding for the entire project, which will be a series of twelve or more memes (see the a href=/minute_memesproject page/a for details). We are actively seeking funding for the other memes, as well as for other a href=/projectsprojects/a that question and reframe copyright restrictions. If you are interested in supporting our work, or know someone who might be, please a href=contactcontact/a us or a href=donatedonate/a./p pa href=http://questioncopyright.org/warhol_foundation_minute_memes target=_blankread more/a/p
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folder_open iconFreedom Doublespeak.

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Posted by kfogel | Posted in: Syndicated Articles | Comments(0) January 2010

p a href=/legal_intern_wantedimg alt=freedom of speech class=node-image-right src=/cm/images/qco-icons/qco-icon-civil-rights-100x100.png //a/p p Famed science fiction writer Ursula K. Le Guin recently circulated a a href=http://www.ursulakleguin.com/UKL_info.htmlpetition/a opposing the a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Book_Search_Settlement_AgreementGoogle Books Settlement/a./p p If you want to understand why QuestionCopyright.org exists and what we#39;re trying to do, you couldn#39;t ask for a more succint demonstration than this passage below from Le Guin#39;s petition:/p blockquote p emThe free and open dissemination of information and of literature, as it exists in our Public Libraries, can and should exist in the electronic media. All authors hope for that. strongBut we cannot have free and open dissemination of information and literature unless the use of written material continues to be controlled by those who write it or own legitimate right in it. /strong/emsupem(emphasis added)/em/sup/p /blockquote p When an intelligent, sensitive author like Ursula K. Le Guin can write something like that, apparently oblivious to the glaring internal contradiction, it#39;s clear the time is ripe for this issue to be radically a href=/minute_memesreframed/a./p p quot;To have freedom, we must have monopoly and control.nbsp; Up is down.nbsp; Love is hate.nbsp; War is peace.quot;/p p Seem odd to you too?a href=/how_you_can_helpnbsp; Join us/a./p pa href=http://questioncopyright.org/freedom_doublespeak target=_blankread more/a/p
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folder_open iconWant To Be a Legal Intern at QuestionCopyright.org?

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Posted by Bryan Andrews | Posted in: Syndicated Articles | Comments(0) January 2010

pa href=/legal_intern_wanted img class=node-image-right src=/cm/images/qco-icons/qco-icon-law-100x100.png alt=law //a/p pCalling all law students (or at least the ones who weren't planning to work for the RIAA later):/p pWe're looking for a legal internnbsp;mdash;nbsp;someone interested in learning more about copyright law and using it to promote freedom./p pWe have several projects right now with legal components, and expect more in the future. The responsibilities of the position will be varied, involving research in U.S. and European copyright law, non-profit law (federal and CA state), tracking legislative developments, some writing, etc. The time commitment is about five hours a week, with more available if you want it. A New York City location is ideal, but not required. There may be some limited travel, at your discretion./p pThe position is unpaid, but you would be working with an experienced lawyer (our counsel, a href=/who#karen-sandler Karen Sandler/a), and we're happy to meet reasonable requirements for law school credit./p pInterested? a href=/contact Contact us/a. We'll keep the posting open until we get the right candidatenbsp;mdash;nbsp;it could be you!/p pa href=http://questioncopyright.org/legal_intern_wanted target=_blankread more/a/p
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