The Open Source Cinema is currently looking for mugshots of you for an upcoming movie that opposes restrictive copyright changes. Users are asked to use the Copyright Criminals photo plate to show that under certain copyright reform laws, you would become a criminal.
Yesterday, we reported on the growing movement against copyright reform every time there is even mention of changing copyright laws in Canada. Now we have learned that there is a call for people to submit mugshots of themselves.
It is not necessarily a contest, but if you care about the copyright laws in Canada and have a camera, this may be for you. How do people qualify? If you copy anything in any way, if you remix something, if you share something, if you back up DVDs, if you ever partaken in iPod parties, if you watch DVDs through a Linux machine, if you time shift, if you mix music, if you DJ your own web radio show, if you remix and photoshop pictures, if you make fun of something, etc. You too may become a “Copyright Criminal” in Canada under new laws.
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So – are you a copyright criminal? We’ll edit together these photo mug shots into the movie.
Download and print the photo plate below, take a picture with it, then upload it back here using the image submit form.
While new copyright laws haven’t been tabled yet in Canada, as we already noted, this won’t be stopping this from being put together now.
Just register on the site and submit your photo when you have your photo ready.
Welcome to OpenSourceCinema.org, a collaborative documentary project to create a feature film about copyright in the digital age.
Several years ago, I began researching the intersection of culture and creativity – exploring how in the digital age, everything we know about copyright has been turned upside down. From mash-ups to filesharing, creation to distribution, everything is in flux.
This all came in to sharp relief when I attended the MGM vs Grokster oral argument in 2005. Outside, the music industry and file-sharing supporters alike protested in large numbers. One music industry veteran declared “music is like a donut. Pay for the donut, you get to eat it”. Meanwhile, a 16 kid told me “I don’t think you can own music – its just feelings. How can you own that?” So who’s right? Is culture a product? Will the next generation ever settle for anything less than free? Thats what I want to explore in this documentary, which is tentatively titled Basement Tapes.
My name is Brett Gaylor, and the feature documentary I’m creating needs your help to be made – thats why Open Source Cinema exists – to faciliate online collaboration – to create a participatory way to discuss these issues.
Via BoingBoing
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