I've come across so much by this point, I feel I need a post to pause and categorise what I have seen and explore so options for my graphic representation of these histories.
All the histories involved in this dialogue so far:
Technology
History of computer technology
History of the internet
History of recording technology
History of Broadcasting
Music
History of popular music
History of music business models
History of filesharing
History of hip hop
History of dance music
Law
History of copyright
History of alternative copyright systems
History of physical property law
History of protest (in the areas of free speech and privacy)
History of the public domain
Popular culture
History of Disney
History of mash-up/remixing
All of these concepts have met in the modern area to create a range of huge issues that essentially stem from this statement:
In the greatest time for human creativity in history, we also have the least access to cultural material in history.
Creators are not able to transparently (and legally) build on the culture of their times, or allow others the right to build upon their works as has been our tradition in every other period of human history.
Graphic outcome
This project is about awareness-raising, and so I think a print-based product would be missing the point as this is a conflict of the computer age. I should be taking the wealth of cultural material I have come across, editing and adding my own creativity to it and passing it on to allow others to do the same.
I think an animation to simplify what is an endlessly complex issue would be perhaps most appropriate. I may want to make use of the rich body of open material I have found through this project. Steal This Film opens up all of its footage and text transcripts under a share-alike CC licence (meaning anyone can build upon it). There is a great deal of content on Flickr, Wikimedia, youtube etc on the issue, which is released under similar licences.
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