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CREATIVE COMMONS ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF "THE FINE ART OF SAMPLING" 
CONTESTS

Music Fans Sampled The Beastie Boys, David Byrne, Dangermouse, Le 
Tigre, My Morning Jacket, the Fine Arts Militia featuring Chuck D, and 
Others to Win Spot on New CDs!

SAN FRANCISCO, USA -- March 8th, 2004 -- The most prominent experiment 
in free culture reached yet another milestone today with the 
announcement of the winners of the Fine Art of Sampling Contests. The 
contests, run by Creative Commons, the innovative nonprofit dedicated 
to expanding the range of creative and intellectual works that are free 
to build upon and share, were based upon the original WIRED CD -- Rip. 
Sample. Mash. Share., released in the November 2004 issue of WIRED 
Magazine.

The WIRED CD was the first major compilation of music free to sample 
and share under Creative Commons' "some rights reserved" copyright. The 
groundbreaking album features tracks from the Beastie Boys, David 
Byrne, Zap Mama, My Morning Jacket, Spoon, Gilberto Gil, Dan the 
Automator, Thievery Corporation, Le Tigre, Paul Westerberg, Fine Arts 
Militia featuring Chuck D, The Rapture, Cornelius, Danger Mouse & 
Jemini, DJ Dolores, and Matmos. Audio streams of the tracks, along with 
WIRED's cover story on Creative Commons, can be found at 
<http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.11/sample.html>.

Entrants in the Fine Art of Sampling Contests were challenged with 
sampling or mashing up the WIRED tracks to produce new works judged on 
their originality, incorporation of the sampled songs, and technical 
merit. The contests included two categories of competition, the winners 
of which appear below. All the tracks are free for download (and 
sampling, mashing, and file-sharing) at <http://ccmixter.org>.

(1) The Freestyle Mix Contest

WIRED Magazine music editors and contributors chose eleven winners to 
appear on the forthcoming, Creative Commons-produced WIRED CD -- 
Ripped. Sampled. Mashed. Shared. The winning tracks:

Bored on Your Backside
by Trifonic

counterfeit funk (the open source conspiracy)
by jsn

My Fair Hiphop (Challenge Mix)
by VEGO featuring DJ AKA

DANGEROUSE
by ASHWAN

dislocation
by SLLID

freemix-simplemix
by Cezary Ostrowski

hiphop holiday (stoner rap mix)
by sHORT fACED bEAR

Gil's Zapture Loop
by megabuzz

out of my way
by Prof. m.Stereo

Revolve
by hisboyelroy

Beatgorilla's 28 grams REMIX
by Pat Chilla The Beat Gorilla


(2) The Militia Mix Contest

Brian Hardgroove (Fine Arts Militia) and Scott Egbert (GigAmerica) 
chose one winner of the Militia Mix Contest for inclusion on the next 
Fine Arts Militia album (featuring Chuck D), slated for a Spring 2005 
release. The winner:

On Meaning On
by heavyconfetti



About Creative Commons

A nonprofit corporation founded in 2001, Creative Commons promotes the 
creative re-use of intellectual and artistic works, whether owned or in 
the public domain, by empowering authors and audiences. It is sustained 
by the generous support of the Center for the Public Domain, the John 
D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Omidyar Network, and the 
Hewlett Foundation. For general information, visit 
<http://creativecommons.org>.


Contact

Neeru Paharia (San Francisco)
Assistant Director, Creative Commons
415.946.3068
neeru AT creativecommons.org

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Glenn Otis Brown
Executive Director
Creative Commons
glenn AT creativecommons.org
+1.415.946.3065 (telephone)
+1.415.336.1433 (mobile)
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