For the curious, check out this short, thoughtful documentary produced by some Yale students as their final project for a class on Intellectual Property in the Digital Age. You’ve probably seen it before in one form or another, but this film is a great introduction to some new artists involved in issues of IP (read: people who aren’t Girl Talk):

“Walking on Eggshells” is a 24-minute documentary about appropriation, creative influence, re-use and intellectual property in the remix age. It is a conversation among various musicians, visual artists, writers and lawyers, all sharing their views on why and how we use and create culture, and how intellectual property law, originally designed to provide people with incentives to create, sometimes hinders creative production far more than it enhances it.

Watch the full film as a Youtube playlist here: WALKING ON EGGSHELLS

OR click HERE to view the film in its entirety on Vimeo

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