Pierson Clair Update

Pierson Clair is currently living and working in Los Angeles in the computer forensics and technical security realm with PC4Media he is also working as a Los Angeles Sports Photographer and as a Staff Photographer for USC Athletics. What is everyone else up to?

Created by Jessica Janner
This is a remix project criticizing Disney's role in extending copyright laws and its catastrophic effects upon Public Domain and remix culture. Images: Copyright- by: Guilluame aka Le Cactus Audio: Free Culture- by: Lawrence Lessig

Interview with Jonathan McIntosh

Created by Jessica Janner
I interviewed Jonathan McIntosh during the Networked Publics Conference at USC. We talked about his webpage, journalism objectivity, and the impact of Internet and Media on activism.
Image by Jonathan McIntosh

An Interview with Paul Marino

Created by Seth Gullion
While at the Networked Publics Conference and Media Festival, I had the good fortune of securing an interview with the talented Paul Marino, one of the founding fathers of machinima. While providing answers to questions that expanded my understanding of machinima, he also gave me his opinions, predictions, and desires for the machinima community and gaming industry as a whole. If you're looking for fascinating insights into this quickly expanding phenomenon, this interview can't be missed!

Remix Culture and Generation Y

Created by Charlotte
In this videocast, I interviewed the future artists of America on how they feel about copyright, creative commons, and remix culture and how they think it will affect their careers. It's interesting to see how divergent the members of my generation's opinions are from one another.

Reinventing the Wheel

Created by Charlotte
A remix video on free culture and building upon the creativity of the people before us.

Facebook Scandals!

Created by Charlotte
What trouble is going on in the world of Facebook? This citizen journalism piece attempts to find out!

Networked Publics Interview: Mark Frauenfelder

Created by Pierson Clair
For this interview from the Networked Publics Conference, I sat down with Mark Frauenfelder to discuss his work with Boing Boing and Make: Magazine.

Networked Publics Interview: Jonathan McIntosh

Created by Pierson Clair
For this interview from the Networked Publics Conference, I sat down with social justice activist Jonathan McIntosh to discuss political remixes, open source, and the IndyMedia movement.

Networked Publics Interview: Marc Tuters

Created by Pierson Clair
In addition to video blogging the Networked Publics Conference, the TenFour team also sat down with a number of the participants for a series of audio podcast interviews. For this first interview, I spoke to Networked Publics Research Fellow Marc Tuters about viral marketing campaigns and social networking sites.

Networked Publics Vlog: "Net Neutrality"

Created by Pierson Clair
Today we ventured to the Networked Publics Conference held by the USC Annenberg Center. I talked with experts and conference attendees about network neutrality ... this is what they had to say.

Networked Publics Vlog: "Makers"

Created by Jessica Janner
For this videoblog from the Networked Publics Conference, I spoke to two gurus from the world of DIY hack culture: Mark Frauenfelder of Boing Boing and Make: Magazine fame; and Mike Outmesguine, author of the book Wi-Fi Toys.

Networked Publics Vlog: "Machinima"

Created by Seth Gullion
For my video blog on the Networked Publics Conference, I chose to focus my coverage on machinima: animated films created using game engines. This video contains clips from various machinima shorts, interviews, and other enriching material.
Additional music: “B. Jones : Last Pictures,” by Rinôçérôse

Digg.com

Created by Pierson Clair
Heard about Digg? The technology social bookmarking site? Listen in and learn why Digg is quickly becoming the most-accessed technology news site on the internet and why it is almost more popular than slashdot (Digg traffic & Slashdot traffic). Feel free to navigate through Digg as you are listening. This is an Enhanced Podcast (you can follow along with embedded images).

Messing with the MPAA?

Created by Pierson Clair
In this mini-vidcast we explore the experiences of one USC student with the MPAA as shared by a friend. We were given two hours to shoot and edit this project including finding interview subjects. The background is the control room of the USC Television Station, Trojan Vision (http://trojanvision.com).

Facebook Scandals

Created by Charlotte
How has Facebook affected college students? What terrible stories do students have? Find out.

Sexualy Explicit Material: Good or Evil?

Created by Seth Gullion
The following interviews were filmed, edited, and finished in about two hours. Despite the lack of polish, I was able to obtain some interesting opinions concerning sexually explicit material on the web. Expect a similar style of interviews, with better editing, for the upcoming video blog covering the Network Publics conference this weekend. Many thanks to my dear friends Christyn and Brock for being such good sports.

Why Creative Commons?

Created by Pierson Clair
In this era of digital technology increasing at a rapid pace, it is important to think about the licenses that restrict digital innovation. While copyright may be good for some works, it is important to realize that this is not the only option. Lawrence Lessig has created the Creative Commons license to allow people to release content into the "public domain" without any legal ramifications. Watch this vidcast to learn more about the advances that the Creative Commons license is making in internet content production.

Teaching an Old 'Toon New Tricks

Created by Seth Gullion
This video remix mashup project samples audio from a presentation by Lawrence Lessig and remixes it using public domain vintage cartoons and music from the Newgrounds audio portal. I wanted to make a remix video that presented Lessig’s arguments in a new and entertaining way without obscuring the original message or subtracting from the power of the original words. This video also is a great example of what can be accomplished using material from the creative commons and public domain. Using both old and new media, I’ve created a compelling, creative work without fear of legal retribution. Half the fun of this video will be trying to figure out what symbols and characters represent in Lessig’s discussion on copyright law and piracy, but I’ll provide some guidelines to help aid you. The golden goose/coins/eggs are meant to represent new technologies, and the potential they hold for creative work. The protagonists (Felix and Popeye) are either Lessig or copyright holders, etc., while the pirates are ‘pirates’ and general opposition. The rest should be fairly self-explanatory.

Here is the media that I sampled and remixed:

• Lessig excerpt from “Who Owns Culture?” (2005)
• Cartoon footage from Film Chest Vintage Cartoons at archive.org:
  “Felix the Cat: The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg” (1936), by Burt Gillett and Tom Palmer.
  “Popeye The Sailor: Big Bad Sinbad” (1952), by Seymour Kneitel.
• Music from the Newgrounds Audio Portal:
  “This is Freedom” and “Ode To Angels (Renewed)” by MilkMan_Dan

Introduction to "Creative Commons Remix Videos"

The next TenFour series, premiering April 17th-20th, will see the team producing remix videos using raw materials culled entirely from Creative Commons and the Public Domain.

For this promo, Sammy G revisited our old friend Schlockmaster for the soundtrack, creating a remix that sampled the following sources:

• "Kuenstlerfunk" by Schlockmaster
• Partners in Rhyme
• “Now Get Busy” by the Beastie Boys, “What You Sittin’ On?” by DJ Danger Mouse & Jemini, “Oslodum” by Gilberto Gil, “Action at a Distance” by Matmo, and “Wadidyusay” by Zap Mama from The WIRED CD: Rip. Sample. Mash. Share.

Andrew created the visual track by cutting up and animating a bunch of photos from the Flickr Creative Commons pool. Here are links to the originals:

• Today's sentiments by Malingering (April 1, 2006)
• America by ¥§•ªˆ¨ˇ©LOVE©ˇ¨ˆª•§¥ (July 16, 2005)
• Capital City Neon by Todd Klassy (December 30, 2005)
• Pumps 3 & 4 by Todd Klassy (February 9, 2006)
• Flickr Love 3 by Special (July 17, 2004)