Comments on: remix is active consumption not production (when media becomes culture, part 2)

By: Flora

Flora — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 12:19:35 +0000

What you guys are talking about is Culture Jamming not Remix Culture.

By: Kareem Mayan's Links

Kareem Mayan's Links — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 20:45:43 +0000

The Times on teenage content consumption

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/03/business/media/03teens.html?ei=5090&en=95b0837da6533cfc&ex=1288674000&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all...

By: Lora, web deigner

Lora, web deigner — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:57:20 +0000

I agree with you to most points. However, I still think that remix is production, moreover, it’s usually not quality production. Most of my friends don’t like remixes. Neither do I. In my opinion, it’s a pale attempt to prolong the success of the original version.

By: Many-to-Many

Many-to-Many — Sun, 16 Oct 2005 15:20:04 +0000

Web 2.0 and Many-To-Many

So, when this blog started, it was intended to capture various aspects of social software. The hype has kinda gotten taken over by Web2.0. But what is the relationship between Web2.0 and social software? And what about Many-To-Many? Over on…

By: Ben Hammersley's Dangerous Precedent

Ben Hammersley's Dangerous Precedent — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 06:21:23 +0000

Remix is active consumption

The lovely danah boyd has a very interesting view on remix on her blog this morning. Remix, she says, is active consumption, not production. Are you expected to consume clothing or IKEA exactly as prescribed? No. These items are made…

By: brian leroux

brian leroux — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 17:54:09 +0000

Brilliant. I spend so much time working in the operational/functional level this kind of thinking applied to distributed computing hadn’t clicked with me. Awesome, writing and thoughts-keep it up. And thank you!

By: Roy

Roy — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 08:45:09 +0000

oops

i am le confused and need a nap

sOrry

By: L'homme machine

L'homme machine — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 20:06:43 +0000

Kosuge–

I think you are confusing whom posted what. I think you meant to respond to Norwood.

And really, manmachine sounds as if you’re trying to be diminutive. At least give me the credit of my reference to La Mettrie, and keep it in the French.

By: Roy Kosuge

Roy Kosuge — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 11:29:46 +0000

uh, manmachine – i didn’t say that it is a valid excuse for exercising “copyright”, but that you will run into corporations. they (or those it represents) will likely whine about it and send you a nasty letter.

most such lawsuits end up being settled for little to no money, unless you’re talking about egregious infringement, btw.

i guess maybe we just see our worlds v differently – i feel like the world today is RIFE with interesting and exciting forms of “remixed” self expression, all made possible by the changing landscape of media and technology.

i don’t see “culture”, or really, the individuals in the little digital and analog nooks of the world being scared off and timidly oppressed by the though police -

rather, i see people challenging and playing irreverantly, with a gusto of “f**k you, don’t care” attitude.

the REAL “overlord of culture” is the masses.

every little bit of media is more commoditized than it ever has been. there is more access to information and media than there ever has been, and every media industry is being turned on its head by the fickleness and power of choice by consumers.

now, i’m not advocating corporations or stupid c&d letters or the milk doll response of ‘i’ll sue you’ tactics, but wouldn’t you expect there to be SOME friction in that process from the whiney corporations?

you make it sound like we’re in cultural nuclear winter or something.

By: Nivi

Nivi — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:29:42 +0000

Very thought provoking.

One angle I have taken on this topic is “constitutional”.

When *everybody* stops following the constitution, there aren’t enough police to enforce the constitution anymore. You have to write a new constitution whether you like it or not.

If you get caught stealing a pack of gum from Wal-Mart, you have a problem. If the whole town goes to Wal-Mart and burns it down, Wal-Mart has a problem. Wal-Mart has to figure out what went wrong and fix it even if the town had broken the law. Wal-Mart needs to write a new “constitution”.

I wrote more about it here

http://www.nivi.com/blog/article/time-to-hit-the-reset-button/