jason on 01/13/2011 at 12:00AM
World's Fair Use Day 2011
Today (January 13th 2011) is World's Fair Use Day, a free annual event organized by Public Knowledge in Washington DC.
WFUD's "day-long celebration of fair use, creativity and remix culture" digs deep into the audio universe this year with a a panel titled "This Is the Remix: Fair Use in Hip-Hop Culture" (featuring all three members of Das Racist), Dan Lynch of Negativland joining in on a "Visual Art and Fair Use" discussion, and a keynote by Jace Clayton aka multidisciplinary hero DJ /rupture.
Below, enjoy a track from DJ /rupture's 2004 debut Special Gunpowder, and an episode of Negativland's "It's All In Your Head FM" series from KPFA (curated by KBOO). Also, check out Das Racist's guest appearance on DJ /rupture's WFMU radio show Mudd Up
World's Fair Use Day, Jan 13th 2011:
>> Full Schedule
>> Live Stream starts at 9:45 a.m. EST