The Glitch Mob announced its REMIX IT LIKE YOU STOLE IT competition. 2 winning tracks will be  featured on the upcoming DRINK THE SEA remix album. From Glitch Mob: “Proceeds from the sale of the release through Download to Donate for Haiti v2.0 will benefit  Music For Relief’s Haiti Earthquake Recovery, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization [...]

In 2009, Montreal-based producer, Tor, released Illinoize –  a free remix tape that samples instrumentals from Sufjan Stevens 2005 LP Illinoise, and mashes them with the likes of Aesop Rock, Big Daddy Kane, Gift of Gab (Blackalicious), C.L. Smooth, Outkast, Brother Ali, and Grand Puba. Almost a year and a half later, the compilation has [...]

In spring 2009, Shepard Fairey, Steven Johnson, and Lawrence Lessig sat down at the New York Public Library to discuss balancing artistic freedom and copyright law. Lessig mentions Viacom’s policy toward remixing, noting that the media giant will not remove videos with transformative elements in order to encourage creativity. In light of the recent Viacom [...]

Walking On Eggshells is a project by Jacob Albert, Ryan Beauchamp and Brendan Schlagel for the seminar Intellectual Property in the Digital Age at Yale University. From the filmmakers: Walking on Eggshells is a 24-minute documentary about appropriation, creative influence, re-use and intellectual property in the remix age. It is a conversation among various musicians, [...]