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Remix Culture In The Demoscene

Filipe Cruz (ps / TPOLM)

WHOIS...

  • MSc Informatics Engineer from Portugal
  • demoscener since 1997
  • assimilated inhabitant of TPOLM
  • soundtrack for fr-055: 828 by farbrausch
    (public's choice nominee scene.org award)
  • among other demos
  • curator Enough Records netlabel
  • former scene.org staff and pouet.net admin
  • ...and don't forget to come to inérciaDemoparty2005

Focus...

  • Demoscene Origins
  • Copyright Concearns
  • Remix Culture
  • Remix Culture In The Demoscene

Demoscene Origins

Demoscene Origins

Crack intros - C64



Alleykat crack intro / Dynamic Duo

Demoscene Origins

Crack Intros - Atari



Football manager 2 intro / TGC + Blade Runners

Demoscene Origins

Crack Intros - Amiga



Creatures Cracktro / Melon + Crystal

Demoscene Origins

Ripped material



Samantha Fox Slideshow / An Cool

Demoscene Origins

Megademos (cool vs lame)



megademo / Red Sector Inc (Tristar Party 1989)

Demoscene Origins

Commercial soundtrack



State Of Mind / Bomb (2nd @ The Party 98)

Demoscene Origins

Commercial soundtrack



VIP 2 Invitation / Popsy Team (1st @ Takeover 2000)

Demoscene Origins

disqualified for copyright video usage



Saint / Halcyon + Da Jormas (disqualified @ Assembly 1997)

Demoscene Origins

disqualified for copyright sound usage



I Feel Like A Computer / Melon Dezign (disqualified @ Assembly 2003)

Demoscene Origins

couldn't get copyright permission



Barn / TDA (1st @ inérciaDemoparty2005)

Copyright Concearns

Copyright Concearns

Problems

  • Parties Have Financial Legal Pressure
  • Creators Have Difficulties To Get Permission
  • Repositories Have To Deal With DMCA Takedown Requests
  • Fair Use Gray Area

Copyright Concearns

Solutions (and downsides)

  • 100% Original Material (who defines what is original?!?)
  • Screw The System (won't get submitted to bigger parties)
  • P2P and/or Temporary Download (culture gets lost through time)
  • Creative Commons (still has plenty of limitations)

Copyright Concearns

Money

Content Creators (Free Culture - Lessig)

Content Creators (GPL - Stallman)

MAFIAA Lobbies

Consumers (Pirate Party)

Copyright Concearns

Other Creative Scenes Afflicted

  • ROM Hacking
  • Game Mod
  • Machinima
  • Console Hacking

Remix Culture

Remix Culture



Remix Culture





Paul's Boutique / Beastie Boys (1989)

Remix Culture





Paul's Boutique / Beastie Boys (1989)

(would now take 20 million dollars losses for sample clearance)

Remix Culture





Grey Album / DJ Danger Mouse (2004)

(White Label Released Online)

Remix Culture





Mos Dub / Max Tannone (2010)

(White Label Released Online)

Remix Culture

What the MAFIAA doesnt know

  • "Good Artists Borrow, Great Artists Steal"
    -- Pablo Picasso
  • "Copy from one, it’s plagiarism; copy from two, it’s research."
    -- William Mizner

Remix Culture

Links

Remix Culture In The Demoscene

Remix Culture In The Demoscene

remix != reappropriate



Timbalame / Chronic

Remix Culture In The Demoscene

remix can be tribute



Kind Of Bloop

Remix Culture In The Demoscene

hip hop influences



Inside / CNCD

Remix Culture In The Demoscene

remixing for kicks



Outside / Melon Dezign

Remix Culture In The Demoscene

remixing pop culture



Hyperventilation / Byterapers

Remix Culture In The Demoscene

remixing niche culture



fr-minus-06: ghettorocker / farbrausch

Remix Culture In The Demoscene

remixing for greater justice



vanilla rocker / mfx

Remix Culture In The Demoscene

about ripping



Riprap / Exceed

Remix Culture In The Demoscene

remixing WTF



Panjabmoore meets 007 again / Calodox

Remix Culture In The Demoscene

remixing as a joke remake



Second Reality / "Future Crew"

Remix Culture In The Demoscene

remixing for a musicdisk



Variform Remixed / Kewlers

Remix Culture In The Demoscene

remixing for pirated demo compo (tum)



Marijform / Nuance

Remix Culture In The Demoscene

remixing for pirate compos (inércia)



1337 / GlenZ

Remix Culture In The Demoscene

remixing to fill compo



Honda Gay / FXM ^ GlenZ ^ Jumalauta

Remix Culture In The Demoscene

remixing to experiment



A Deepness In The Sky - Dark & Long Remix / FXM

Remix Culture In The Demoscene

remixing to retork



A Deepness In The Sky - Knight Rider Edit / Pimp Ninja

Remix Culture In The Demoscene

remixing a remix icon



The Ultimate Funk Experience In The Sky / Nuance

Remix Culture In The Demoscene

first remix demo?



Deep - the Psilocybin Mix / CNCD & Parallax

Remix Culture In The Demoscene

first remix intro?



2nd hallucination / Stellar

Remix Culture In The Demoscene

haujobb vs mfx - proxy 2001



Kosmiset Avaruus Sienet / Haujobb

Remix Culture In The Demoscene

haujobb vs mfx - proxy 2001



oldskool trippin midskool nosejob -edit / mfx & Haujobb

Remix Culture In The Demoscene





mother, mother my eyes hurt / Haujobb

Remix Culture In The Demoscene





mother, mother my ears bleed / mfx

Remix Culture In The Demoscene





mother mother, arcane won't sleep with me / Odd

Remix Culture In The Demoscene

most remixed demo



Elg / Odd

Remix Culture In The Demoscene

call for remixes



size antimatters (valmet children dark ambient mix) / valmet children

Remix Culture In The Demoscene

ASD goes commercial remix



Electric Bullet / ASD ^ Excess

Remix Culture In The Demoscene

ASD goes experimental remix



Anoxia Redux / ASD ^ minimalartifact