[Rumori] U B U W E B :: New Resources Fall 2003

[Rick Prelinger]

And if I may speculate, I think Tony's issue with UbuWeb might be 
influenced by  his past experiences (and disputes) with other 
musicians more than by immediate considerations.

But I think this raises a pretty important point.  Those of us who 
believe in open content and expanding access to culture are going to 
have to be really good about building bridges to people (especially 
our elders), who fought hard to distribute their work and maintain 
its integrity in lonelier days.  They didn't have the Internet to 
connect with like-minded people and to reach a community of fans.  We 
have it a lot easier in many ways, even if subcultures are 
multiplying faster than audiences are.

It's really a different mindset.  Bruce Conner, a king of 
appropriation and collage, is remaking a bunch of his early films to 
remove music and certain images that he feels might not make it 
through copyright police lines today.  He's also issuing DVDs that 
carry strict use and performance limitations.  That doesn't seem like 
a contradiction to him, but it certainly does to me.

Anyway,
Rick





>If I may ask --
>
>were his concerns more about the integrity and presentation of the work, or
>was he worried about people turning around and selling it for profit? Does
>he intend to release it? Why would he not want fans to hear this oft-sought
>piece?
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "UbuWeb" <ubuweb at yahoo.com>
>To: "Detritus discussion list." <rumori at detritus.net>
>Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 11:00 AM
>Subject: Re: [Rumori] U B U W E B :: New Resources Fall 2003
>
>
>>  Yep... Tony Conrad fired off a nasty cease and desist note to me after
>hearing that his
>>  long-unavailable, long out-of-print, never-released soundtrack to a movie
>that's out of
>>  circulation and few have ever seen, was offered for free on UbuWeb.
>>
>>  So, I took it down.
>>
>>  Kenny G
>>  UbuWeb
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  --- Sam Stephens <tangent at inspire.net.nz> wrote:
>>  > On 30 Sep 2003 at 18:55, UbuWeb wrote:
>>  >
>>  > > __ U B U W E B __
>>  > >   http://ubu.com
>>  > >
>>  > >
>>  > > RECENT ADDITIONS ::  FALL 2003
>>  > >
>>  > >
>>  > > ---SOUND---
>>  > >
>>  > <SNIP>
>>  >
>>  > > Tony Conrad - Soundtrack to "The Flicker", 1965 (MP3)
>>  >
>>  > Thanks for another great installation.... I don't seem to be able to
>find the Tony
>>  > Conrad
>>  > material though.
>>  >
>>  > *
>>  > postmoderncore website (w/ mp3s & art)
>>  >  http://www.postmoderncore.com
>>  > Rick Jensen ensemble free jazz albums for download and sale
>>  >  http://www.postmoderncore.com/music-rickjensen.html
>>  > *
>>  >
>>  >
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