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February 17, 2012 2:49 PM

Kirby Ferguson's fourth and final installment of Everything is a Remix: System Failure has been released. (Also on YouTube.) It covers intellectual property rights, the derivative nature of creativity, patents and copyright. Transcript.

Per his blog entry, his next project will be called "This is Not a Conspiracy Theory."

Previously and Previously on MeFi. See the entire series on Vimeo: Parts One, Two, Three, Four.

Official Site.

Episode 1: YouTube Version / Transcript / Blog Entry

Episode 2: YouTube Version / Transcript / Blog Entry

Episode 3: YouTube Version / Transcript / Blog Entry

posted by zarq (5 comments total)

Nice restrained use of Norman Mclaren's Neighbours.
posted by not_that_epiphanius at 3:35 PM on February 17, 2012

Great job, but I hope Kirby isn't just preaching to the choir.
posted by jchgf at 6:31 PM on February 17, 2012

Mefi shoutout in the credits! Aw yeah....
posted by PenDevil at 2:11 AM on February 18, 2012 [1 favorite]

Seems a lot of restatement of well known or obvious points without any suggestions for how to reconcile the rights of creative types and the wants of consumers.

Pretty weak.
posted by IndigoJones at 10:00 AM on February 18, 2012

He lost me when he said that copyright law didn't recognize the derivative nature of creativity.
posted by benbenson at 10:59 AM on February 18, 2012