Tag: Rastamouse
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Make YouTube Great Again
Great explanation of Copyright and Fair use by Matthias, in a campaign stared by GradeAUnderA called #MakeYouTubeGreatAgain…given my background of musical mashup piracy and unofficial remix I must be against this creator copyright business, right? Wrong. I’ve been affected on YouTube by baseless claims, DMCAs from companies that don’t even OWN the things they’re claiming,…
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Lord Footnote vs The World
I’ve never even heard of this Lord Finesse (oh such a player…oh he was the vocal sample in Rockafeller Skank?…that’s hip hop history *right there*. Looking at his wiki page and 3 albums it does make me wonder if this is the hiphop version of patent trolling?) but this video by Dan Bull spells out…
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Neil Gaiman on Copyright
Every once in a while Open Rights Group which I support does something that really enforces why they need to exist – this interview from author Neil Gaiman about how ‘pirating’ his books actually increases sales (upto 3000%!) is one of them. Interesting how he sees it as a form of lending rather than something…
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Viral buzz kill; or How To Kill A Buzz and Annoy People (Rastamouse)
Just got a not very surprising notice from DHX Media has removed my Rastamouse vs Sleng Teng mashup. Unsurprising since other videos have been removed (usually from Rastamouse Company) over the last week or so. What I don’t understand and have never understood is that in this day and age why a company would actively…
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I dun a bad ting: Rastamouse riddim remix
https://vimeo.com/19769180 Probably be gone by morning given the fervour that Rastamouse Company pulls these things, but here’s my video cutup of Rastamouse vs Wayne Smith’s classic ‘Under mi Sleng Teng’ which is of course about cheese. Yes cheese. *dares anyone to say otherwise* It’s done with a lot of love for Rastamouse and Wayne Smith…
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Broadcasting on Pirate Rastamouse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3ftVVtlwPo At Radio Clash we <3 Rastamouse and here it features pirate radio of all tings! Shame this’ll probably get pulled in about 3 seconds cos Rastamouse Company doesn’t understand the power of viral and internet promotion, but enjoy while you can…. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOM6B2STMhM