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Free Documentary Screening of Copyright Criminals about Hip Hop Sampling

The screening at SIFF Cinema is open to the public and there is no charge to attend.  The film will be introduced by KUBE 93 FM DJ Hyphen who will take a few questions.  Then following the film, we'll discuss possible ways in which ownership of a sound can be determined.  The event is open to the public and all are welcome.

SEATTLE PREMIERE OF FILM ABOUT OLD SKOOL HIP HOP AND SAMPLING

As new technologies emerge (almost everyday), enabling everyone to be a music producer, can anyone really own a sound? Computers, software and even cell phones have radically altered our relationship to mass culture and technology, providing consumers with the tools to become producers, or "remixers," of their own media. But long before everyday people began posting their video mash-ups on the Web, hip-hop musicians perfected the art of audio montage through a sport they called "sampling." COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS, a documentary by Benjamin Franzen and Kembrew McLeod, examines the creative and commercial value of musical sampling, including the ongoing debates about artistic expression, copyright law and (of course) money.

The screening at SIFF Cinema is open to the public and there is no charge to attend.  The film will be introduced by KUBE 93 FM DJ Hyphen who will take a few questions.  Then following the film, we'll discuss possible ways in which ownership of a sound can be determined.  The event is open to the public and all are welcome.

The ITVS/PBS Discussion Guide (PDF, 240K) is available online at:
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/copyright-criminals/getinvolved.html

Community Cinema Seattle is presented by KCTS9 Television Seattle, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, The City of Seattle Office for Civil Rights, the Seattle International Film Festival, The Future of Music Coalition, and KUBE 93 FM.

WHAT:   Seattle premiere of COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS
WHEN:   Saturday, October 10 at 3PM
WHERE:  SIFF Cinema, 321 Mercer Street, Seattle, 98109
WHO:    ITVS, KCTS, KBCS FM, SOCR, SIFF, & KUBE
HOW:    Free. For more information visit http://communitycinemaseattle.org/

We encourage our audience to walk, bike, and take public transportation to our events.  Seattle Center IS Seattle's cultural center.  Consider riding Metro or the Link Right Rail and/or the monorail. How fun?! Parking in the adjacent garage connected by the skybridge can be pricy but OH so convenient.  Street parking exists within a block or 3 to the north and east.

The Community Cinema program offers free community engagement events following cutting edge indie documentaries in over 50 cities every month. Share and connect...
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