[FC-discuss] vids: remix from the '70s; transformativeworks.org

[Kevin Driscoll]

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 9:00 AM,  <discuss-request at freeculture.org> wrote:
> From: Peter Olson <peabo at peabo.com>
>
> "The Vidding History project of the OTW is committed to documenting and
>  celebrating the 35 year history of fan vidding. We believe that
>  noncommercial works, like vids, that make creative use of existing
>  copyrighted material are transformative, and that transformative works
>  are legitimate under US copyright law."
>
> http://transformativeworks.org/projects/vidding-history


I bet Transformative Works and Culture is a journal that would appeal
to many in the FC community. They've covered a lot of areas of fandom
that overlap with the interests of SFC members.

Something I've always admired about vidding is the peer-to-peer
mentorship by which vidding skills have been passed down over the
years. Imagine learning to remix music videos using two VCRs and a
cassette deck back in the 1980s?

The vidding community deserves our respect and humble admiration. They
developed a vocabulary for reusing pop cultural artifacts that formed
a foundation for so much of what we admire in internet culture today.

Thanks for the heads up, Peter!

Kevin