Mashups

Plato on Remix

Sometimes the past sends you wonderful quotations and images… One of the reasons why the comic drafting process is so much fun…

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Monday, July 13th, 2009 Culture, Mashups, comic 9 Comments

How We Write a Comic

I am hard at work writing our new comic on the history of musical borrowing, with my two brilliant co-authors, Jennifer Jenkins and Keith Aoki.  › Continue reading

Sunday, July 5th, 2009 Culture, Mashups, comic 1 Comment

Listen to the Music from the Book

Chapter 6 of the book describes the history of a single song — a protest at the government’s handling of Hurricane Katrina called George Bush Doesn’t Care About Black People.  It traces the origins of that song back through the 20th century.  A number of people have asked me to point them towards online versions of the music discussed in the chapter. › Continue reading

Monday, December 29th, 2008 Culture, Mashups, Music No Comments

From the Blog

  • Who Steals the Gene from Off the Common

    My new Financial Times column on the creation of a science commons is now up.  For the ungated version, read on…

  • What if the Web Really Worked For Science?

    Here is the video of my speech in Vienna at the IRF symposium.  The title was What If the Web Really Worked for Science? Reimagining Data Policy and Intellectual Property.

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