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How Copyright Restrictions Suppress Art: An Interview With Nina Paley About "Sita Sings The Blues" (2008)

See http://www.questioncopyright.org/nina_paley_sita_interview for details.

This is an interview with cartoonist and animator Nina Paley about how copyright restrictions prevent her from distributing her award-winning, feature-length film "Sita Sings The Blues": the film makes heavy use of recordings from the late 1920s by the singer Annette Hanshaw, and although the recordings themselves are out of copyright, the music is not.


This movie is part of the collection: Open Source Movies

Production Company: QuestionCopyright.org
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Keywords: copyright censorship
Contact Information: See http://www.questioncopyright.org/contact.

Creative Commons license: Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States


Individual Files

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Why Old Music?127 MB2.15 MB2.36 MB
Art vs Censorship.106 MB1.82 MB1.98 MB
Lessons Wrong and Right.511 MB9.39 MB9.49 MB
Threats to Expression.210 MB3.72 MB3.89 MB
Teaching Fear of Music.351 MB6.37 MB6.50 MB
Copyright Does Not Help Artists; Nina's Adventures.470 MB8.62 MB8.72 MB
The Most Important Thing Is To Make The Film.133 MB2.26 MB2.48 MB
Film Finance; Alienation at Film Festivals124 MB2.10 MB2.30 MB
Hemorrhaging Money.65 MB1.11 MB1.21 MB
Legal Research on Recordings.265 MB4.75 MB4.91 MB
Copyright Extensions Retroactive Incentives.198 MB3.50 MB3.65 MB
The Indie Film Biz.377 MB6.86 MB7.00 MB
Distributors That Kill.230 MB4.10 MB4.27 MB
Distributors Can't Afford $220,000.00.120 MB2.03 MB2.25 MB
Costs of "Negotiating".203 MB3.60 MB3.78 MB
Festival Licenses: $220,000.00.438 MB8.02 MB8.12 MB
Festival Licenses, Middlemen.321 MB5.82 MB5.94 MB
Distributor Won't Pay Festival Licenses.158 MB2.75 MB2.95 MB
I Won't Ask Fans To Pay Extortionists.338 MB6.11 MB6.22 MB
Control vs Freedom.190 MB3.35 MB3.54 MB
Control vs Freedom redux; Commercial or Noncommercial.285 MB5.13 MB5.29 MB
A Post-Copyright World.47 MB797 KB895 KB
Humility; Remix.162 MB2.81 MB2.99 MB
Credit/Remix Conversation.184 MB3.23 MB3.44 MB
Originality vs Honesty.155 MB2.69 MB2.86 MB
Synch vs Insyncherate.733 MB14 MB14 MB
My Next Project; Fundamentalists; Who Owns Culture?313 MB5.67 MB5.82 MB
Copyright Fundamentalism.192 MB3.38 MB3.58 MB
A Commercial Future For Sita.189 MB3.32 MB3.51 MB
No Money Expected From Commercial Release.96 MB1.57 MB1.79 MB
The Role of Cinemas.296 MB5.34 MB5.49 MB
Academy Awards.507 MB9.28 MB9.42 MB
Suffering Becomes My Next Project.400 MB7.30 MB7.43 MB
A Clear Landing Space For The Film.348 MB6.32 MB6.47 MB
Fears; Copyright Does Not Protect Much Now.274 MB4.89 MB5.05 MB
My Mom Is My Secret Weapon.190 MB3.35 MB3.54 MB
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Why Old Music?7.27 KB
Art vs Censorship.6.86 KB
Lessons Wrong and Right.8.06 KB
Threats to Expression.6.16 KB
Teaching Fear of Music.5.95 KB
Copyright Does Not Help Artists; Nina's Adventures.5.43 KB
The Most Important Thing Is To Make The Film.6.25 KB
Film Finance; Alienation at Film Festivals7.09 KB
Hemorrhaging Money.7.46 KB
Legal Research on Recordings.6.40 KB
Copyright Extensions Retroactive Incentives.8.64 KB
The Indie Film Biz.7.23 KB
Distributors That Kill.7.28 KB
Distributors Can't Afford $220,000.00.8.38 KB
Costs of "Negotiating".8.33 KB
Festival Licenses: $220,000.00.7.08 KB
Festival Licenses, Middlemen.6.61 KB
Distributor Won't Pay Festival Licenses.8.04 KB
I Won't Ask Fans To Pay Extortionists.6.95 KB
Control vs Freedom.8.02 KB
Control vs Freedom redux; Commercial or Noncommercial.5.22 KB
A Post-Copyright World.5.81 KB
Humility; Remix.8.65 KB
Credit/Remix Conversation.8.19 KB
Originality vs Honesty.8.45 KB
Synch vs Insyncherate.8.18 KB
My Next Project; Fundamentalists; Who Owns Culture?7.55 KB
Copyright Fundamentalism.7.39 KB
A Commercial Future For Sita.7.32 KB
No Money Expected From Commercial Release.7.46 KB
The Role of Cinemas.7.02 KB
Academy Awards.5.89 KB
Suffering Becomes My Next Project.7.54 KB
A Clear Landing Space For The Film.6.88 KB
Fears; Copyright Does Not Protect Much Now.6.18 KB
My Mom Is My Secret Weapon.8.22 KB
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Other FilesAnimated GIF
Why Old Music?102 KB
Art vs Censorship.87 KB
Lessons Wrong and Right.70 KB
Threats to Expression.179 KB
Teaching Fear of Music.275 KB
Copyright Does Not Help Artists; Nina's Adventures.68 KB
The Most Important Thing Is To Make The Film.115 KB
Film Finance; Alienation at Film Festivals101 KB
Hemorrhaging Money.59 KB
Legal Research on Recordings.219 KB
Copyright Extensions Retroactive Incentives.160 KB
The Indie Film Biz.298 KB
Distributors That Kill.189 KB
Distributors Can't Afford $220,000.00.100 KB
Costs of "Negotiating".170 KB
Festival Licenses: $220,000.00.69 KB
Festival Licenses, Middlemen.226 KB
Distributor Won't Pay Festival Licenses.120 KB
I Won't Ask Fans To Pay Extortionists.262 KB
Control vs Freedom.150 KB
Control vs Freedom redux; Commercial or Noncommercial.187 KB
A Post-Copyright World.45 KB
Humility; Remix.142 KB
Credit/Remix Conversation.146 KB
Originality vs Honesty.124 KB
Synch vs Insyncherate.90 KB
My Next Project; Fundamentalists; Who Owns Culture?243 KB
Copyright Fundamentalism.147 KB
A Commercial Future For Sita.161 KB
No Money Expected From Commercial Release.89 KB
The Role of Cinemas.254 KB
Academy Awards.74 KB
Suffering Becomes My Next Project.306 KB
A Clear Landing Space For The Film.268 KB
Fears; Copyright Does Not Protect Much Now.228 KB
My Mom Is My Secret Weapon.154 KB

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Nina Paley
Karl Fogel

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See http://www.questioncopyright.org/nina_paley_sita_interview for details.


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