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New! Copyleft and Art -Is there a resistance or strategy?
More and more art today is created from remixed or mashed-up digital content such as photo, animation, moving image and music. Nowadays, copyright is an issue for everyone who writes blogs on the internet, is a member of SNS groups such as mixi, facebook and my space, or a user of sites such as flickr, YouTube, NikoNiko Doga and so on.
In the meantime, enhancement of copyright law is a fashion. Lengthening the terms of copyright in Japan is now under discussion.
Intellectual property is important financial resource especially in the west - the US and Europe already have a longer period of copyright. This development may choke a new circulation of creativity. On the other hand, copyright is critical for professional artists.
Copyleft is sometimes misunderstood as being totally against
copyright. Copyleft is rather an attempt to protect the exclusive right of creators while also nurturing emerging creativity.
We would like to go back to the original ideas of Richard Stallman, and to start a discussion between experts and the audience.
-Is copyleft a resistance or can it be a strategy?
-Can we apply copyleft to works of Art, not just software?
-How does copyleft, and the idea of a 'creative commons', help?
-What do those artists who show and distribute their work on
the internet think? Is it effective for their career?
-What is the difference between Public Domain and Copyleft?
Speakers:
Ken Kanaya : Free culture consumer, Hige Vision, Free Media Research Labo, FAT Tokyo
Tomoki Sakuta: Arts and Law, Curatorial staff of Yokohama
International Festival foe Arts and Media
Hideaki Shirata: Associate Professor of Hose University, Ph.D. of Law
Hikaru Fujii: Artist, activist
Yoshitaka Mouri: Associate Professor of Tokyo University of the Arts
Moderator: Hitomi Hasegawa MIACA Japan
June 26th Fri 2009 7pm~
Sozo Kukan 9001 ( JR Sakuragicho Station)
1-1-75, Sakuragicho, Nakaku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Japan
TEL 045-226-5511 http://www.9001.tv/index.shtml
Admission: 500yen
Organized by MIACA Japan
#203, ZAIM Nihon Odori, Nakaku Yokohama Japan
info@miaca.org
www.miaca.org
+81-45-662-0390
+81-80-5004-1657
Supported by Arts Commission Yokohama, Yokohama Art Foundation
Advanced Arts support Fund 2009
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Kenji Iwaisawa, one of our artist was selected for his work Man in the Tunnel Alley(2008) at International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, one of the oldest film Festival in the world.!
Sunday 3 May at 12.30 a.m. in the Sunset cinema
Tuesday 5 May at 10.30 a.m. in the Gloria cinema.
Both cinemas are placed in the Elsa¨sser Strasse 26, 46045 Oberhausen!
www.kurzfilmtage.de |
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"Rain or Shine" by the Group 1965 DVD is released now!
Special Appendix: The Group 1965 Talk at Yakatabune
with English subtitles
Director: Yusuke Tamari (Near Equal Makoto Aida)
Cast: Makoto Aida, Sumihisa Arima, Tsuyoshi Ozawa, Oscar Oiwa, Parco Kinoshita, Hiroyuki Matsukage
Price: 2800 Yen (25USD)
Please visit NADIFF in Ebisu Tokyo, or get one at amazon. Or Contact: MIACA Japan / info@miaca.org
 
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