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April 15, 2004

Stockstock 2004 Film Festival

The Stockstock film festival is rather unique. It's about editing, not production. When you register, you will be sent a miniDV tape with stock footage that you can edit into a finished movie (three minutes max). The stock footage will come from the Prelinger Archives, a repository of public domain films (now owned by the Library of Congress). This emphasis on editing is a great way to promote an awareness of public domain material as a source for derivative works, and emphasizes the importance of the public domain (and why copyright legislation should encourage rather than obliterate, a "domain" of freely accessible works for public use in creating new works). Everyone who registers (it costs 20 dollars) gets the same footage. Deadline is June 15 for entries.

Learn more at http://www.stockstock.org/faq.asp

Wired News Story about Stockstock

Copyright Readings....
The State of Copyright Activism; First Monday
Copyrights and copywrongs
The Future of Ideas : The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World / Lawrence Lessig.

Recent Complaint filed (Kahle v. Aschcroft)
On behalf of the Internet Archive and the Prelinger Archives, Stanford's Center for Internet and Society (RSS Feed) has filed a complaint arguing that the Copyright Renewal Act and Copyright Term Extension Act (CTEA) are unconstitutional under the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment.

Posted by admin at April 15, 2004 06:50 AM