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Jonathan McIntosh Talks About Fan Vidding

Political remix artist Jonathan McIntosh, in an interview with Henry Jenkins done as part of an exhibition of DIY video currently ongoing at Henry's blog, discusses what he's learned from fan vidders and how its affected his political remix work.

(Vidding will be featured next week, so stay tuned.)

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24/7 DIY 2010: Collective Action program posted online

The 24/7 DIY Video Summit organized by USC's Institute for Multimedia Literacy has produced a new feature-length program of the latest in DIY video, including fanvids, amvs, prvs, machinima, lip dubs, literal videos, videoblogs, and YouTube videos. The show, 2010: Collective Action was shown at the Hammer Theatre in L.A. on October 5, 2010 and featured a keynote talk by Henry Jenkins.

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Remix (and Response)

Political remixer Jonathan McIntosh released a new political remix video, Right Wing Radio Duck.

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Star Wars Fan Film Wins Emmy

Congratulations to the makers of Star Wars Uncut who last week won an Emmy for “outstanding creative achievement in interactive media" for their collaboratively made, "crowd-sourced" fan film.

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Rumblefish Proposes (Highly Restrictive) Song Licensing System

The New York Times reports that a company called Rumblefish is partnering with YouTube to license songs to amateur video artists for use in noncommercial videos at $1.99 each. At the moment, they do not represent any major labels, though they are hoping to expand (don't hold your breath, given the difficulties the major labels have had with most new business models).

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OTW at the RE/Mixed Festival, NYC May 30th, 2010

Fans of remix culture! If you're in or around NYC on Sunday, May 30th, consider coming down to the RE/Mixed Media Festival 2010 at the Galapagos Art Space in DUMBO. The festival's schedule includes: video remixes, discussions with remix artists and DJs, a panel on gaming culture, lots of DJs and musical remixes and even a remixed fashion show. Mimosas will be served at the 2 pm opening and best of all--it's free.

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Links Roundup for May 5, 2010

Here's a roundup of stories, videos, and articles that might be of interest to fans!

* A Tangle of Thorns is a literary mashup of Nabokov's "Lolita" and Lessig's "Future of Ideas" by the suspiciously-named "Otto Lambert". (Lolita's already been remixed before: Pia Pera wrote "Lo's Diary" retelling the story from Lolita's point of view.)

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YouTube's Content Filters Take Action Against Hitler (And Why That's A Bad Thing)

TechCrunch is reporting that YouTube's content filters have stopped allowing uploads of new iterations of the Hitler meme - you know, the hundreds of videos where Hitler rants about...Windows Vista, or Sarah Palin, or how much the Phantom Menace sucked.

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* Fanlore has hit 10,000 articles!!! We're not 100 percent sure, but we think the 10,000th article was on fan Virginia Lee Smith. For Valentine's Day, consider adding someone or something you love to Fanlore!

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Events of interest

A few events that might be of interest to readers of this blog:

* Göttingen, Germany. REMAKE │REMODEL: New Perspectives on Remakes, Film Adaptations, and Fan Productions: is an interdisciplinary conference taking place June 30 - July 2, 2010. The deadline for submissions is February 15, 2010; more information can be found on the linked call for papers.

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