From stay.free at verizon.net Mon Jul 7 14:11:38 2003 From: stay.free at verizon.net (Carrie McLaren) Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 14:11:38 -0400 Subject: Stop the FCC | Roll back June 2 Message-ID: Hi, I normally don't send out other people's spam but this is important... and it only takes two minutes! -- CM - - - - A message from Robert McChesney and John Nichols: As you know, a month ago the FCC dramatically relaxed media ownership regulations, suffocating the cornerstone of American democracy: a free, fair, and open public debate. Because one million Americans raised their voices against the FCC decision, the Senate Commerce Committee recently sent a bill to the Senate floor for a vote that would roll back many of the rules. Today the challenge is to get that bill to the floor of the Senate and House for a vote. Take 3 Minutes to Stop Media Monopoly: Phone It In. Call your Congressional representatives and demand that they support the rollback. One phone call from a constituent is more effective than scores of email petitions. Go to www.mediareform.net/stopthefcc and follow the easy steps or read on for more information. (Don't worry, you don't need to know your Senators' or Representative's names, only your zipcode.) "Roll Back the FCC" legislation now has 38 supporters in the Senate (out of 100). We need 51 for passage. The House bills have the overlapping support of 65 cosponsors on HR 2462 and 146 on HR 2052. We need 216 for passage. The www.mediareform.net/stopthefcc website will tell you if your members of Congress are currently supporting rolling back the FCC. If they are supportive co-sponsors, then thank them for their support and ask that they keep the bill alive. If they not a co-sponsor, ask them to become one. (suggested script provided online) Want to learn more about this issue and media reform? Go to our new organization called Free Press at www.mediareform.net. -- From carrie at stayfreemagazine.org Wed Jul 16 14:40:26 2003 From: carrie at stayfreemagazine.org (Carrie McLaren) Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 13:40:26 -0500 Subject: Stay Free's Illegal Art in San Francisco Message-ID: ILLEGAL ART LIVE MUSIC in SAN FRANCISCO Tonight! Wednesday, July 16, 8 p.m. Don't miss the good times as Wetgate, Wobbly, Steev Hise, and Mr. Meridies plunder copyrighted sounds with abandon! At A LOFT, 25A McLea Court (off 9th Street), San Francisco. Sliding scale donation of $5-$10 at the door. ILLEGAL ART FILM AND VIDEO We just uploaded a much nicer version of Todd Haynes' cult classic SUPERSTAR: THE KAREN CARPENTER STORY to Stay Free's Illegal Art site (http://www.illegal-art.org/video/) and it is now available for free downloading (try the mpeg-2 -- that's the clean one ) We'll also be screening the much-less-crappy version of SUPERSTAR at the Illegal Art film fest next week in San Francisco. See the schedule below or visit http://www.illegal-art.org/video Wednesday July 23 2 pm - Program a 4 pm - Program b 6 pm - Program c 8 pm - Program d 10 pm - Program a Thursday July 24 6 pm - Program b 8 pm - Program d 10 pm - Program e Illegal Art Film & Video Schedule at Roxie Cinema (3117 16th St., at the corner of Valencia St.) Tickets available at the door: general, $8; seniors and children, $4. PROGRAM A Wednesday, July 23 * 2 pm, 10 pm Paul Harvey Oswald, Fair Use Eric Fensler, GI Joe PSAs Bryan Boyce, State of the Union Phil Patiris, Iraq Campaign 1991 Brian Springer, Spin In Spin, documentary filmmaker Brian Springer captures the behind-the-scenes maneuverings of politicians and newscasters in the early 1990s. Pat Robertson banters about "homos," Al Gore learns how to avoid abortion questions, George Bush talks to Larry King about halcyon-all presuming they're off camera. Iraq Campaign 1991 transforms network news footage, clips from Star Trek, and sports coverage (all used without permission) into a devastating critique of the media/industrial complex. PROGRAM B Wednesday, July 23 * 4 pm Thursday, July 24 * 6 pm Tim Maloney with Negativland, Gimme the Mermaid Craig Baldwin, Sonic Outlaws Sonic Outlaws is a gleefully anarchic documentary focused on the band Negativland and its travails with copyright and trademark infringement. The film also probes the world of recontexualizing corporate advertising through culture-jamming. Director Craig Baldwin and Don Joyce (of Negativland) will be on hand to introduce the films and answer your questions. PROGRAM C Wednesday, July 23 * 6 pm Greg Hittelman and Jed Horovitz, Willful Infringement A new documentary about copyright law featuring a Rolling Stones cover band, Public Enemy, copyright guru Lawrence Lessig, and a couple of clowns. Lessig will be on hand to introduce the film and answer questions afterward. PROGRAM D Wednesday, July 23 * 8 pm Thursday, July 24 * 8 pm Keith Sanborn, The Artwork in the Age of its Mechanical Reproducibility D. Jean Hester, Buy Me Paul Harvey Oswald, Natural Thing Eileen Maxson, Untitled Brian Spinks, Bill Wasik, Eugene Mirman, Black Thunder Michal Levy, Giant Steps Jem Cohen, excerpt from Chain Naomi Uman, Removed Michael Colton, Puppy Love Todd Haynes, Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (shown without permission) A series of shorts that appropriate copyrighted works in one way or another: through the use of found footage (Black Thunder, Natural Thing, Removed), unauthorized music (Giant Steps), or corporate imagery (Chain). Plus Todd Haynes' cult classic Superstar. With Barbie dolls as the principal actors, Superstar portrays the life of Karen Carpenter and her battle with anorexia. Haynes never secured the rights to the Carpenters' music he used in the movie, and Richard Carpenter filed an injunction that kept Superstar from public release. PROGRAM E Thursday, July 24 * 10 pm Brian Spinks, Bill Wasik, Eugene Mirman, Black Thunder Bryan Boyce, Special Report Michael Colton, Puppy Love Joe Gibbons, Barbie's Audition Jino Choi and Dan Spalding, Fellowship of the Ring of Free Trade Greg Hittelman and Jed Horovitz, Willful Infringement Another set of stellar shorts, headlined by Willful Infringement, a new documentary about copyright law featuring a Rolling Stones cover band, Public Enemy, copyright guru Lawrence Lessig, and a couple of clowns. A DVD of some of the shorts is also available for a donation of $30 or more. Details: http://www.illegal-art.org/video/dvd.html