Dr. Mashup; or, Why Educators Should Learn to Stop Worrying and Love the Remix

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Dr. Mashup; or, Why Educators Should Learn to Stop Worrying and Love the Remix
Brian Lamb leads off the current issue of EDUCAUSE Review with a look at the mash-up - and demonstrates the form with an audio mashup (MP3) of his own. From the audio: "DRM is an arms race between the major corporations and 13-year olds in Finland. And the 13-year olds are winning." yeah. "Electronic transmission has already inspired a new concept of multiple-authorship responsibility in which the specific concepts of the composer, the performer, and, indeed, the consumer overlap. . . . In fact, implicit in electronic culture is an acceptance of the idea of multilevel participation in the creative process". More...