Sita Sings the Blues - a Look at Copyleft in the Field
* Brief discussion of how the movie came to be made, i.e. a bit of the backstory of Nina's life, pointing towards why the Annette Henshaw recordings were so important to the film.
* About the film, including clips of each of the animation styles used in the film. (NOT needed if the talk is in conjunction with a screening. Instead, lots of "as you will see in the film.)
* Copyright issues:
o Different rights for the songs e.g. performance, recording, etc. and how only one of the rights was not public domain.
o How copyright has changed since the songs were recorded (i.e. these songs "should have" been fully out of copyright.)
o Costs to Nina of getting full legal copyright for the songs in both money and time.
* Benefits of Nina making Sita Sings The Blues publicly available
o to Nina
o to the rights holders
o to the general public
+ examples of how SSTB is being used/mashed up (e.g. the LOLcats subtitles, the Thai fashion line)
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