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Creative Commons is holding a remix contest to help raise awareness of copyright law issues in art, and the organization’s licenses.

The Creative Commons Copyright Criminals Remix Contest is a contest for artists to mix audio tracks under 4 minutes which use provided voice samples from Ben Franzen and Kembrew McLeod’s forthcoming film, Copyright Criminals.

Samples from the film include voiceovers from De La Soul, DJ Qbert, members of Public Enemy, Matmos, Coldcut, members of Negativland, and others. The best overall winner will be included prominently in the film and the top 11 other entries are to be included on a companion CD.
Judging entries along with McLeod and Franzen is Jeff Chang, author of Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation and co-founder of the label SoleSides (now Quannum Projects), responsible for launching the careers of DJ Shadow, Blackalicious, Lyrics Born and Lateef the Truth Speaker.

The official end date for the Copyright Criminals Contest is March 14, 2006. New samples from George Clinton (Parliament-Funkadelic) and Chuck D (Public Enemy) have been added to the list of possible source material that you may use, also.

Prizes

The best overall winning entry will receive prominent placement in the DVD of the Copyright Criminals: This is a Sampling Sport documentary. The best overall winning entry, together with the best [12] winning entries will be included on the Copyright Criminals Companion CD.

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