RiP! A Remix Manifesto
dir. Brett Gaylor, 86 mins, 2008 (Canada)
Very entertaining and highly polished film about copyright and the desire of large corporations to protect their intellectual property by criminalising individuals. Successfully highlights the absurdities of the likes of Disney seeking to protect IP, despite ripping off others' ideas in the past. The site of hundreds of kids going bonkers to Girl Talk's mash-ups is as persuasive an argument for the relaxation of copyright laws as you're likely to see. ****
You can download the whole film and pay want you want for it (Radiohead-style) at www.ripremix.com
