RiP: A Remix Manifesto explores the concept of copyright in the era of Napster, Bit Torrent and peer-to-peer file sharing. Although pop culture giants such as Muddy Waters and the Rolling Stones were able to build on past music to produce their own, the door is now closing behind them. RiP’s central protagonist is Gregg Gillis, the Pittsburgh biomedical engineer who moonlights as Girl Talk, a mash-up artist rearranging the pop charts’ DNA with his incongruous, entirely sample- based songs. But is Girl Talk a paragon of people power or the Pied Piper of piracy?
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Awards: Festival Nouveau Cinema Montreal (Special Jury Prize)
Whistler Film Fest (Audience Choice)
Intl. Doc Festival Amserdam (Audience Choice)
South by Southwest
Country:
United States
Country:
Canada
Running Time:
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Release Date:
2009
Director(s):
Brett Gaylor
Screening(s):
Sunday, October 18, 2009 - 9:00pm 
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HSDFI Visitor on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 10:03amexcellent documentary-intelligent and objective-definitely makes you think.....
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