Digital Sound and Remix:Free Culture Lecture

Artists

 * Negativland
 * John Oswald
 * Barbara Kruger

Articles

 * Let My Software Go! Salon Article

Questions

 * How does this relate to sound?


 * What is not free? What is free?


 * What is copyright law?

Themes

 * Remix
 * Closed vs. Open
 * Man vs. Technology

Processes

 * borrowing

Timeline

 * 19XX - ...

Glossary

 * Free Culture: ...
 * Closed Source: ...
 * Open Source: ...

Open Source and Programming Primer

 * Basic Concepts
 * Input and Output (black box concept)
 * Basic Binary logic
 * Storage, Processing, Retrieval
 * Basic Concepts
 * Storage = Variables
 * Processing = Functions
 * Retrieval = User Input + Opening Files etc
 * Basic Scripting using BASH (Mac OS X Commandline)
 * ls - list directory contents
 * wildcarding characters
 * cd - change working directory
 * cd ~
 * cd /
 * rm - remove a file or directory (rm -Rf)
 * pwd - get current working directory
 * mkdir DIRECTORY_NAME - make a directory
 * mv DIRECTORY_NAME DIR_NAME - change name or move to another location
 * cat - concatenate files (print files to stdout)
 * pico - basic text editor
 * concept of piping and redirecting
 * Basic Programming Introduction using Perl (www.perl.com)
 * http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/sigunix/workshops/perltut/html/perltut.html
 * Basic Programming Using PD (applies to max)

Resource Links

 * Movies about Creative Commons