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By: adventureran warped » New “Flickr” video by Spiff

adventureran warped » New “Flickr” video by Spiff — Thu, 01 May 2008 23:50:03 +0000

[...] is? Well, if listening to the song along with this video by Spiff isn’t enough, check out the original video he made of “Flickr”. You’ll be quickly convinced the answer is – [...]

By: Jonathan Coulton » Blog Archive » New From Spiff - Flickr

Jonathan Coulton » Blog Archive » New From Spiff - Flickr — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:22:40 +0000

[...] like this one very much – layers upon layers of strangeness. As if the original one wasn’t obscure enough, using WoW images adds yet another in-joke. And there’s a nice [...]

By: Jonathan Coulton « THE FIRE WIRE

Jonathan Coulton « THE FIRE WIRE — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:55:25 +0000

[...] internet hits (his folksy cover of Sir Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back“, a funny video called “Flickr“ and a song called “Code Monkey“), and he is now fortunate enough to make a living as a full [...]

By: Jonathan Coulton » Miscellaneous and Useless Information

Jonathan Coulton » Miscellaneous and Useless Information — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:31:45 +0000

[...] Monkey,” especially if you’re in the software industry. His music video, “Flickr“, shows the creative heights (or depths) one can achieve with Creative Commons. [...]

By: » Legal Innovation Breeds Artistic Ecosystem | Lawgarithms | ZDNet.com

Thu, 21 Sep 2006 18:21:31 +0000

[...] The Jonathan Coulton Project. Jonathan Coulton headlined the Creative Commons concert in Second Life I mentioned here last week, and, with the help of Creative Commons, encourages people to download and make videos of his music. Not being a member of Second Life (yet? dunno, my first life already gobbles more time than I actually have on hand), much as it intrigued me I didn’t attend the concert, and until today had never heard any of Coulton’s excellent music. But, as concrete proof that a musician’s audience grows by partnering with enthusiastic fans, and that it can and will transcend community boundaries (like, for example, the community of Creative Commons music aficionados, and/or Second Life devotees), I received an email this morning on an unrelated topic — education — from Ruth Logie. Ruth stumbled on a post of mine "by sheer coincidence" and was kind enough to respond. She happens to be a Jonathan Coulton fan and video project participant. Almost as an afterthought, Ruth linked me to her Jonathan Coulton mashup on YouTube (which is both delightful and a potential legal problem due to its incorporation of Second Life material; though who knows, maybe Second Life will follow the lead of Warner Music). Thus did I finally actually listen to Coulton’s music, and discover the participatory ecosystem it is fostering. Check out Coulton’s Flickr song and video, which he cites as the kind of work envisioned by the video project. Coulton’s description illustrates the way a series of Creative Commons works (selected Flickr photos) begot another (Coulton’s song), which begot yet another (Coulton’s video): This is a song written for a video created for a song. All the images come from Flickr, an online database of photos uploaded by anyone – the ones I used have a Creative Commons license which allows anyone to re-use them in a new non-commercial work as long as they are credited, and as long as the new work is released under the same license. [...]

By: Blue is the new purple » Blog Archive » Time to waste?

Blue is the new purple » Blog Archive » Time to waste? — Thu, 04 May 2006 08:01:54 +0000

[...] Instead of wasting time reading my blog today, go waste some time at youtube.com – tons there to see. The idea is simple – anyone can make a video here and stream it back to their own web page, and LOTS of people have. Some commercial stuff here, too, like Stephen Colbert’ s address to the White House Press Corps or the new X-Men trailer. Or, if you are already familiar with YouTube, you can listen to Jonathan Coulton’s Code Monkey song, but chances are if you are one of the three people reading this, I’ve already emailed it to you. In which case you might like his Flickr video. [...]