“Lessig”:http://lessig.org/blog “reports”:http://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/002160.shtml that Robert Greenwald, Producer/Director of the anti-FOX News polemic (and damned fine film) “Outfoxed”:http://www.outfoxed.org/, has released the original interview footage under a “Creative Commons”:http://creativecommons.org license. The footage is available for remix at the “Internet Archive”:http://www.archive.org/movies/movies-details-db.php?collection=election_2004&collectionid=outfoxed_interviews&from=thisJustIn and on “torrentacracy”:http://www.torrentocracy.com/blog/archives/2004/09/outfoxed_torren.shtml. Very cool.
Hopefully we’ll see more filmmakers, and especially documentary filmmakers, licensing their source material in order to create a wider variety of works that will help promote discussion and conversation on important issues. Hmmm… does that imply that CC licensing promotes “fair and balanced” coverage of an issue?
On a slightly related note, after seeing Outfoxed, all I want to see is a remix of the Blackeyed Peas hit single “Shut Up” featuring footage of Bill O’Reilly. Now that would be quality entertainment.