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| Will Neo Nazis rob Australian film makers of their identities and revenues? Michela Ledwidge explains what a Creative Commons licence really means. | | Date Created: Jun 11, 2005, 02:43 PM |
 London-based Australian film maker, Michela Ledwidge, is in the final stages of production for a new film she has decided to issue with a Creative Commons licence. That means her new work can be freely swapped by viewers on a peer to peer movie file sharing network without infringing copyright (examples of assets that can be reused by others include the film's maths, its animation data or the 3D models). A Creative Commons licence also means that other film makers can sample an excerpt from the film (be that an actor's performance, or its scenery and wildlife shots) and insert such audio and video into their own projects.
This is a revolutionary new approach to intellectual property rights. Ledwidge argues it will give rise to new creative, technical and business dimensions in film making. Afterall, tracking and monetising reuse of film assets will need to address the ease with which films can be copied and shared somehow. Her ideas tackle the issue head on and represent a revolutionary new approach which is starkly different from the contemporary action being taken, for example, by Hollywood Studios.
In this interview, Ledwidge discusses the concerns of film industry representative bodies and unions such as the Media Entertainment Arts Alliance (MEAA) which argue actors may find their image and voice misappropriated by users they had not expected such as Born Again Christians or Neo-Nazi film makers. What reprise would they have in such circumstances? How can creative artists be protected from such outcomes yet still participate in the potential benefits of such new approaches to film making and copyright? Netvideo speaks with Michela Ledwidge just prior to her address to the X|Media Lab in Singapore during Broadcast Asia 2005 about the film, called Sanctuary from MOD Films, and its ramifications for creativity and technology.
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