Our film wouldn’t exist if not for the present day workings of the Internet, a system of sharing, commenting, re-blogging, tweeting and discussing that has actively propelled our film into this world. Stepping back: it would certainly not exist if the DJ Girl Talk did not place a Creative Commons license on his mashup album, All Day, which in itself is an extreme expression of creative expression derived from existing works — a system of borrowing and reinterpretation that cherishes so many values of how we “remix” on the web.
Throughout our process of ideation to creation — and now to sharing our film — we have embraced platforms like Kickstarter and Tumblr and Twitter and Vimeo and Facebook to reach our fans, backers and potential audiences. Without this ability to share, to grab inspiration and ideas from all over the web, to allow people to grab our videos and re-post them to their websites and blogs, we would pretty much be dancing in our own living rooms, alone. The web enables us to make this film into a creative communal movement, because enough people have “liked,” tweeted, blogged or commented on its existence to give it legs of its own. So, we stand in solidarity with the protesters of PIPA and SOPA and urge you all to spread the word about why these laws are a BAD IDEA. You can join the strike by blacking out your website, contacting your congress-person, and signing a petition all at SOPAstrike.com.
Above, Clay Shirky gives a fantastic talk, “Defend our freedom to share (or why SOPA is a bad idea)“
