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March 17, 2004 11:32 AM

Creative Commons: now for movies.
posted by Vidiot (7 comments total)

He certainly has an interesting approach to filmmaking. Very fresh! It will be fun to see what happens as footage is released and people start digging into it.

That being said, there's no way I'd ever be able to "let go" of a project enough to be able to release my footage under a Creative Commons license. Too much effort goes into capturing a "moment" -- and I'd be resentful of people screwing up my work, even though some good stuff would be bound to come from it amongst the bad.

Now off to read the Honey script. Great post!
posted by ScottUltra at 11:53 AM on March 17, 2004

Thank god it isn't this.
posted by angry modem at 6:56 PM on March 17, 2004

Although I love the idea, I wasn't able to find a link to any video of any sort on the linked site. Little help?
posted by squirrel at 9:37 PM on March 17, 2004

squirrel, from this post:

We'll be putting up the movie soon, then releasing footage by scene every month or so so people can play with it.

So it looks like they haven't gotten to that point yet. (The site just went live a few days ago.)
posted by Vidiot at 9:43 PM on March 17, 2004

Thanks, Vidiot. I'll keep an eye on the site. I think the idea is the future of Clip-Hop*.

* "Clip-Hop" Copyright 2004 Squirrel International. All rights reserved ad infinitum.
posted by squirrel at 11:25 AM on March 18, 2004

["Clip-hop" not to be confused with "clip-clop," which was copyrighted to horses centuries ago.]
posted by squirrel at 12:34 PM on March 18, 2004

Doesn't releasing footage "by scene" kind of defeat the purpose? What if some of the..."collaborators"...want to intercut with material from the first scene, the last scene, and thirty seconds in the middle? Sure, you can do it, eventually, after you've been given material in units that have meaning only in terms of the original conception of the film.
posted by bingo at 2:03 PM on March 18, 2004