quote:

Freesound + ccMixter
Free online archives of legal samples

The Freesound Project and ccMixter are collaborative databases of sounds and samples that can be freely remixed, borrowed, and shared.

Freesound archives nearly everything. From furniture smashing in an alley to the song of a nightingale, the site's users can be counted on to produce field recordings of almost any conceivable sound.

ccMixter features top-notch tracks. This site focuses on beats and a cappellas, including legal samples from artists such as Kristin Hersh, David Byrne, DJ Vadim, and Beastie Boys.

Both communities are hopping. Freesound's message boards are packed with users seeking and sharing specific sounds, while ccMixter offers artist spotlights, track reviews, and frequent remix contests.

quote:

About the Film

RIP: A Remxier’s Manifesto looks at the war waged between those who want to share ideas versus those who want to sell them. The film starts with pop star and biomedical engineer Gregg Gillis, a.k.a. Girl Talk, as he mashes his way to fame and infamy at the frontiers of today’s music scene. Gillis creates elaborate mashups, combining elements of hundreds of existing songs to create new songs. It’s the latest spin on an old tradition – artists building on each others – and it’s reshaping the musical world by challenging everything we know about copyright. The battle spills over to all aspects of intellectual property: art, technology, biomedical science and beyond – the future is shaping up to be about the ownership of ideas. But what does this mean for the increasing amount of people (and nations) who are labelled “pirates” for sharing ideas?

A mashup in its own right, RIP tackles the issue of Fair Use ─ broadly defined as the limited use of copyrighted material without requiring the permission of the rights holders ─ on its own uncertain ground. Pulling footage from a range of sources, filmmaker Brett Gaylor looks at cultural appropriation throughout history, from Muddy Waters to the Rolling Stones to the king of the remix, Walt Disney. With legal advice from Creative Commons founder Lawrence Lessig, Brett expertly negotiates the tricky world of fair-use filmmaking while trying valiantly to stay out of jail. Through the process, he creates an incredible first-hand examination of one of this generation’s most engaging social issues, travelling across the United States, Canada, China, the United Kingdom and Brazil.

An ambitious and ground-breaking Open Source documentary, all of the footage for the film is released under a Creative Commons license and can be re-mixed at OpenSourceCinema. Hundreds of collaborators have submitted material through the website over a 4 year period to produce a truly global film, one that harnesses the power of social media and collaboration.