Nina Paley at HOPE 2010

Excerpts from my talk "Sita Sings the Blues: a Free Culture Success Story" at The Next H.O.P.E. (Hackers On Planet Earth) conference, July 16 2010 in New York City. Includes: why I insisted on authentic songs, what is and is not property, software is culture, the difference between Share Alike (copyleft) and other Creative Commons licenses, why I paid to legally license the old songs, how noncommercial copyright infringement is still illegal, legal costs, benefits of audience sharing & decentralized distribution, the Sita Sings the Blues Merchandise Empire (sitasingstheblues.com/store), open-licensed merch, audience goodwill, how fans support artists, rivalrous vs. non-rivalrous goods, the Creator Endorsed Mark, migrating Flash files to open formats, gift income, commerce without monopolies, why I encourage legal sharing, and more!

Learn about the movie: http://sitasingstheblues.com/
Donate: http://questioncopyright.org/sita_distribution
Store: http://sitasingstheblues.com/store
HOPE: http://thenexthope.org/
Full, unedited source video of the hour-long talk: http://vimeo.com/14739677

Category:

Education

Tags:

• software
• culture
• freedom
• libre
• business model
• artist
• film
• commerce
• creative commons
• property
• sharing
• internet

[arun6004]

I finally understand the CE license... thank you!

[NinaPaley]

@arun6004 CE isn't actually a license, it's a mark. CC-SA is the license I use it with.

[Triforcecwp]

Thank you :)

[arun6004]

@NinaPaley Oops! Guess I spoke too soon! I read a bit more about it after watching this, and I think I understand it now. Thanks Nina!