View the eight contest finalists and view the contest winners!

This contest is based on the Creative Commons GET CREATIVE! Moving Images Contest

WHAT

A contest to create a 2-minute moving image that explains to the public some of the tensions between art and intellectual property law, and the intellectual property issues artists face, focusing particularly on either music or documentary film. For background on these issues, look at our April 2nd conference, Framed!! How Law Constructs and Constrains Culture and the webcasts and text gathered there. You may also wish to view the short clips below, which encapsulate some of the core themes from the conference.

• What do we mean by the tensions between art and intellectual property law?
  • In the case of documentary film, filmmakers often need to use pre-existing copyrighted material to tell a story, or accidentally capture legally protected material in their documentary footage. Our culture is full of such protected objects – songs, films, photographs, artwork, even signs or logos. But in order to distribute their documentaries, filmmakers must often clear the rights to every protected fragment of film or song – whether it is a focal point of the scene or merely an incidental or fleeting detail. What are the intellectual property hurdles faced by documentary filmmakers? Do they feel a conflict between their need to access protected material, and their desire to protect their own works and maintain the integrity of those works after production? These are some of the questions your moving image could address.
  • In the case of music, from classical and folk, to jazz and blues, to rock and roll, hip hop and mash-ups – musicians have a long tradition of borrowing, recombining, and building upon existing musical elements. As technology has evolved, artists from both mainstream and alternative genres have increasingly begun to use samples as raw materials for new and different musical works. But sampling has enjoyed lesser legal protections than those afforded other art forms, and the only clearly legal sample is an authorized sample. How have creative practices of borrowing across different musical genres been treated by the law? What lines do artists see between creative borrowing, and simple “theft,” of musical elements? These are some of the issues that your submission might explore.
  • These are only some of the many issues your moving image might address. For more background, please see the webcasts and text at Framed!.

A view from artists	Some legal perspectives*
To Clear or not to Clear	Documentary Filmmaking
Disappearing History?	Music Sampling
Great Composers Steal	*please note that these are only excerpts from a panel discussion at a conference and not legal advice.

HOW

Create, or mash-up, a moving image using your favorite moving image authoring tool, such as Flash, iMovie, or Final Cut Pro. Entries can contain video, animated images, text, and audio. You may incorporate other people’s work, but only if you have permission or the work is Creative Commons-licensed or public domain. The entry should be 2 minutes or less. All entries must be licensed under a Creative Commons license of your choosing by time of entry.

WHEN

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: November 1, 2004

JUDGING

The winner will be judged by a panel of independent and qualified judges. Entries will be scored based on the following categories:

1. Excellence in communicating the relationships between documentary film and intellectual property law, or music and intellectual property law
2. Artistic Quality
3. Technical Merit

PRIZES

Finalists will be announced on December 15, 2004, and winners will be announced on January 15, 2005. The three best entries qualify to receive a prize:

 One First Prize: First Prize Winner may choose either: an Apple® Power Mac® G5 Computer (Dual 2GHz PowerPC G5) (Approximate retail value (“ARV”): US$3000), or an Alienware Roswell 4100 Performance Digital Video Editing System Single Processor – AMD Opteron 242 64-Bit 1GB DDR PC-3200 (ARV: US$3000)

One Second Prize: Sony® Handycam® Camcorder (Model DCR-PC120BT) (ARV: $1200)

One Third Prize: Apple® iPod™ 20GB Digital Music Player (ARV: US$400)

ENTER ONLINE ONLY

All entries must be submitted usind the online entry form in which you need to submit your basic contact information and a URL where we can download your entry. It is possible that we will link to, and profile, certain entries as they come in.

AGAIN, PLEASE NOTE

By entering the contest you agree to license your moving image under a Creative Commons license of your choosing and to comply with the rest of the rules for the contest.

SEED MATERIAL

Here are a few places you can get materials to work with that are either in the public domain, or licensed under Creative Commons licenses:

Please email jenkins@law.duke.edu if you have questions or need more information.

Thanks to Creative Commons for the contest design.

Contest Finalists

We are happy to announce the finalists in our Arts Project Moving Image Contest. The contest asked entrants to create short films demonstrating some of the tensions between art and intellectual property law, and the intellectual property issues artists face, focusing on either music or documentary film. Many thanks to everyone who entered and everyone who helped spread the word about the contest.

Some of the files below have been reduced in size or quality to make them easier to stream and download.

	An Army, One by One by Christopher Sims Watch now (webm) Watch now (mp4) This movie is licensed under a Creative Commons License
	Documentaries and You by Aaron Rosenberg Watch now (webm) Watch now (mp4) This movie is licensed under a Creative Commons License
	The Documentarian’s Dilemma by Matt Frantz Watch now (webm) Watch now (mp4) This movie is licensed under a Creative Commons License
	Intellectual Property Law and Super Size Me by Neil Williams Watch now (webm) Watch now (mp4) This movie is licensed under a Creative Commons License
	Music For Our Grandchildren by Alek and Kuba Tarkowski Watch now (webm) Watch now (mp4) This movie is licensed under a Creative Commons License
	Powerful Pictures by Daniel Love Watch now (webm) Watch now (mp4) This movie is licensed under a Creative Commons License
	Stealing Home by Terry Tucker and Andrew Fazekas Watch now (webm) Watch now (mp4) This movie is licensed under a Creative Commons License

WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

We are happy to announce the winners in our moving image contest. The contest asked for 2 minute movies about the ways that intellectual property affects art– specifically documentary film or music. Our panel of judges has selected four prize-winning entries. They are all fantastic! Many thanks to everyone who entered, to everyone who spread the word, and to our judges for taking the time to help us with the contest. Congratulations to the winners.

(Some of the files below have been reduced in size or quality to make them easier to stream and download.)

First Place

Powerful Pictures by Daniel Love Watch now (mp4) Watch now (webm) This movie is licensed under a Creative Commons License

Second Place

Music For Our Grandchildren by Alek and Kuba Tarkowski Watch now (mp4) Watch now (webm) This movie is licensed under a Creative Commons License

Third Place – tie

An Army, One by One by Christopher Sims Watch now (mp4) Watch now (webm) This movie is licensed under a Creative Commons License

Stealing Home by Terry Tucker and Andrew Fazekas Watch now (mp4) Watch now (webm) This movie is licensed under a Creative Commons License

People’s Choice

When we announced the contest finalists, we ran a survey asking the public to pick their favorite entry. The number one popular pick was “Stealing Home,” by Terry Tucker and Andrew Fazekas.  Congratulations!