Techno Tuesday: Remixing Is Okay!
January 27th, 2009 | By Greg Gangelhoff in Techno Tuesday | No Comments »On January 21, 2009, two worlds collided.
Two weeks earlier, Stephen Colbert interviewed Lawrence Lessig, a proponent of changing copyright laws to reflect our remix culture. During the interview, Colbert warned any uppity DJs against remixing this particular interview over a great dance beat. Of course, remixes popped up left and right on YouTube that very week, and a micro-phenomenon was born. The man himself summarizes the controversy here, and provides what may be the best remix of the bunch:
So for this week’s Techno Tuesday, let’s sample the other offerings in this remix context. Some of them are really good, so you’d better hit the jump.