Nina Paley at HOPE 2010

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Excerpts from my talk Sita Sings the Blues: a Free Culture Success Story at The Next H.O.P.E. (Hackers On Planet Earth) conference, July 16 2010 in New York City. Includes: why I insisted on authentic songs, what is and is not property, software is culture, the difference between Share Alike (copyleft) and other Creative Commons licenses, why I paid to legally license the old songs, how noncommercial copyright infringement is still illegal, legal costs, benefits of audience sharing decentralized distribution, the Sita Sings the Blues Merchandise Empire (sitasingstheblues.com/store), open-licensed merch, audience goodwill, how fans support artists, rivalrous vs. non-rivalrous goods, the Creator Endorsed Mark, migrating Flash files to open formats, gift income, commerce without monopolies, why I encourage legal sharing, and more! • • Learn about the movie: http://sitasingstheblues.com/ • Donate: http://questioncopyright.org/sita_dis... • Store: http://sitasingstheblues.com/store • HOPE: http://thenexthope.org/ • Full, unedited source video of the hour-long talk: http://vimeo.com/14739677

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