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The New Market Affair: Scouting For Gold In The Hills Of The Shenandoah Valley, Kembrew Mcleod Dec 2011

The New Market Affair: Scouting For Gold In The Hills Of The Shenandoah Valley, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

No abstract provided.


Cutting Across Media : Appropriation Art, Interventionist Collage, And Copyright Law, Kembrew Mcleod Dec 2010

Cutting Across Media : Appropriation Art, Interventionist Collage, And Copyright Law, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

No abstract provided.


Creative License - The Law And Culture Of Digital Sampling, Kembrew Mcleod, P. Dicola Dec 2010

Creative License - The Law And Culture Of Digital Sampling, Kembrew Mcleod, P. Dicola

Kembrew McLeod

The golden age of sampling -- A legal and cultural history of sound collage -- The competing interests in sample licensing -- Sampling lawsuits : hip-hop goes to court -- The sample clearance system : how it works (and how it breaks down) -- Consequences for creativity : an assessment of the sample clearance system -- Proposals for reform


Media Pranks: A Three-Act Essay, Kembrew Mcleod Dec 2010

Media Pranks: A Three-Act Essay, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

Times are tough for public universities. Over the past quarter-century, state legislatures have slashed college budgets, and these cuts have only accelerated during a seemingly endless economic meltdown. We have been told to do more with less, make sacrifices, and be self-sufficient—and I couldn’t agree more. Unlike those socialists lining up to mainline milk from the nanny state, many of us favor fiscally sound solutions. We should teach our children well by following dogmatically free-market principles that reject government meddling. My modest proposal is multipronged and forward-thinking. It would hand over all aspects of academic life to private companies, creating …


On Pranks, Kembrew Mcleod Dec 2010

On Pranks, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

No abstract provided.


Everything Is Connected, Kembrew Mcleod Oct 2010

Everything Is Connected, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

The article discusses U.S. copyright law and the copyright clearance system, focusing on the author's documentary film "Copyright Criminals," which aired on Public Broadcasting System (PBS). It explores sampling and collage in audiovisual media, commenting on use of the practice by hip-hop group Public Enemy. Other topics include the Washington, D.C. Center for Social Media, intellectual property, and fair use. The author also examines his book "Freedom of Expression®: Resistance and Repression in the Age of Intellectual Property" and a prank in which he successfully copyrighted the phrase "Freedom of Expression"


Phoning It In: A Digitized Lecture-Performance On The History Of Music And The Telephone, By The Killer Apps, Kembrew Mcleod, L. Glass Apr 2010

Phoning It In: A Digitized Lecture-Performance On The History Of Music And The Telephone, By The Killer Apps, Kembrew Mcleod, L. Glass

Kembrew McLeod

No abstract provided.


Licensed To Ill: The Relationship Between The Current Copyright Clearance System And Alternative Licensing Systems. Intellectual Property And The Making And Marketing Of Music In The Digital Age:, Kembrew Mcleod Mar 2010

Licensed To Ill: The Relationship Between The Current Copyright Clearance System And Alternative Licensing Systems. Intellectual Property And The Making And Marketing Of Music In The Digital Age:, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

No abstract provided.


Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, Featuring The Copyright Criminals All-Stars Band, Kembrew Mcleod, B. Franzen Mar 2010

Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, Featuring The Copyright Criminals All-Stars Band, Kembrew Mcleod, B. Franzen

Kembrew McLeod

Co-produced live musical event for Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, featuring the Copyright Criminals All-Stars Band (Public Enemy‘s Chuck D, James Brown Band drummer Clyde Stubblefield, The Roots drummer Questlove, The Roots MC Black Thought, and VJs/audio-visual remixers Eclectic Method). National broadcast on NBC


Fair Use, Copyright Clearance, And Multimedia Scholarship, Kembrew Mcleod Jan 2010

Fair Use, Copyright Clearance, And Multimedia Scholarship, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

No abstract provided.


Scratch That: The Sample License Clearance Process And Artist Compensation, Kembrew Mcleod Oct 2009

Scratch That: The Sample License Clearance Process And Artist Compensation, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

No abstract provided.


Media Pranks And Pedagogy, Kembrew Mcleod Oct 2009

Media Pranks And Pedagogy, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

No abstract provided.


Copyright Criminals, Fair Use, And The Difficulties Of Doing Multimedia Scholarship, Kembrew Mcleod Sep 2009

Copyright Criminals, Fair Use, And The Difficulties Of Doing Multimedia Scholarship, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

No abstract provided.


Copyright, The Clearance Culture, And Filmmaking, Kembrew Mcleod Sep 2009

Copyright, The Clearance Culture, And Filmmaking, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

No abstract provided.


The Ironies Of Making Copyright Criminals, Kembrew Mcleod Apr 2009

The Ironies Of Making Copyright Criminals, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

No abstract provided.


Freedom Of Expression: Resistance And Repression In The Age Of Intellectual Property, Kembrew Mcleod Apr 2009

Freedom Of Expression: Resistance And Repression In The Age Of Intellectual Property, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

No abstract provided.


From Audio To Print To Video To Court: Copyright Law And ―Sampling‖ Across Media, Kembrew Mcleod Jan 2009

From Audio To Print To Video To Court: Copyright Law And ―Sampling‖ Across Media, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

No abstract provided.


Copyright Criminals: A Discussion About Filmmaking, The Clearance Culture, And Fair Use, Kembrew Mcleod Dec 2008

Copyright Criminals: A Discussion About Filmmaking, The Clearance Culture, And Fair Use, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

No abstract provided.


Copyright Criminals, Kembrew Mcleod Dec 2008

Copyright Criminals, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

Feature-length documentary. World premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 19, 2009. United States broadcast premiere on PBS‘s documentary series, Independent Lens, on January 19, 2010.


Phoning It In: A Digitized Lecture-Performance On The History Of Music And The Telephone, By The Killer Apps, Kembrew Mcleod, L. Glass Dec 2008

Phoning It In: A Digitized Lecture-Performance On The History Of Music And The Telephone, By The Killer Apps, Kembrew Mcleod, L. Glass

Kembrew McLeod

No abstract provided.


Creative License: A Conversation About Music, Sampling And Fair Use, Kembrew Mcleod Oct 2008

Creative License: A Conversation About Music, Sampling And Fair Use, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

No abstract provided.


It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back: A Conversation With Public Enemy., Kembrew Mcleod Jul 2008

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back: A Conversation With Public Enemy., Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

No abstract provided.


Freedom Of Expression® Als Eingetragenes Markenzeichen/Trademarking Freedom Of Expression®, Kembrew Mcleod Dec 2007

Freedom Of Expression® Als Eingetragenes Markenzeichen/Trademarking Freedom Of Expression®, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

No abstract provided.


Humor In Music, Kembrew Mcleod Dec 2007

Humor In Music, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

No abstract provided.


Copyright Criminals: This Is A Sampling Sport, Kembrew Mcleod Oct 2007

Copyright Criminals: This Is A Sampling Sport, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

No abstract provided.


Sampling, Sound Collage, And Other Folk Music Making Practices In The Age Of Intellectual Property, Kembrew Mcleod Sep 2007

Sampling, Sound Collage, And Other Folk Music Making Practices In The Age Of Intellectual Property, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

No abstract provided.


Free Speech, Fair Use, And Copyright Exceptions, Kembrew Mcleod Sep 2007

Free Speech, Fair Use, And Copyright Exceptions, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

No abstract provided.


When Scholarly Analysis Because A Billable Event: Copyright, Cultural Criticism, And The Contemporary Clearance Culture, Kembrew Mcleod Jun 2007

When Scholarly Analysis Because A Billable Event: Copyright, Cultural Criticism, And The Contemporary Clearance Culture, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

No abstract provided.


The New Market Affair: Scouting The Hills Of The Shenandoah Valley For The Next Big Thing, Kembrew Mcleod Mar 2007

The New Market Affair: Scouting The Hills Of The Shenandoah Valley For The Next Big Thing, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

No abstract provided.


An Educational Prank, Kembrew Mcleod Jan 2007

An Educational Prank, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

No abstract provided.