Comments for Nina Paley's Blog http://blog.ninapaley.com Formerly America's Best-Loved Unknown Cartoonist, now independently animating a feature film, "Sita Sings the Blues." Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:33:22 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 Comment on Why I hate T-Mobile by val http://blog.ninapaley.com/2009/06/01/why-i-hate-t-mobile/comment-page-1/#comment-39491 val Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:33:22 +0000 http://blog.ninapaley.com/2009/06/01/why-i-hate-t-mobile/#comment-39491 T-mobile are the most unhelpful company I have ever come accross and I can't wait until I'm out of contract with them. Remember, if a deal looks too good to be true, it most likely is, and you can be sure of it when it comes to T-mobile. T-mobile are the most unhelpful company I have ever come accross and I can’t wait until I’m out of contract with them. Remember, if a deal looks too good to be true, it most likely is, and you can be sure of it when it comes to T-mobile.

]]> Comment on The Cult of Originality by Weekly Links (weekly) « Innovation Emerges…Everywhere http://blog.ninapaley.com/2009/12/28/the-cult-of-originality/comment-page-1/#comment-39479 Weekly Links (weekly) « Innovation Emerges…Everywhere Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:36:25 +0000 http://blog.ninapaley.com/?p=901#comment-39479 [...] The Cult of Originality « Nina Paley’s Blog [...] [...] The Cult of Originality « Nina Paley’s Blog [...]

]]> Comment on Mimi & Eunice by brad http://blog.ninapaley.com/2010/03/09/mimi-eunice/comment-page-1/#comment-39477 brad Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:54:19 +0000 http://blog.ninapaley.com/?p=1084#comment-39477 @Apuleius Platonicus God made the world with no laws asides his and then we add the copyright part to it. @Apuleius Platonicus God made the world with no laws asides his and then we add the copyright part to it.

]]> Comment on All Creative Work Is Derivative by Michael http://blog.ninapaley.com/2010/02/09/all-creative-work-is-derivative/comment-page-1/#comment-39462 Michael Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:01:27 +0000 http://blog.ninapaley.com/?p=999#comment-39462 Fantastic! From Nina's work I'm beginning to think IP attorneys are profiting and holding back evolution. I agree with Ray Kurzweil that biological evolution and technological evolution are one in the same. I may be adding to his theories, but I think we are evolving to become more networked together and act collectively as "one" at exponential speed. The copyright laws as related to our technology now can be likened to the time when we first learned how to swim but are nervous about letting go of the edge of the pool. When we let go and allow free sharing, information building on information, (my definition of evolution) will expand at a much faster pace. Some time after this happens we have a greater chance to become much more unified as a civilization. To take this analogy even further, in Stanley Kubrick's film "2001: A Space Odyssey" the symbol of a black monolith representing a completely unified advanced civilization might eventually become a reality for us. Fantastic! From Nina’s work I’m beginning to think IP attorneys are profiting and holding back evolution. I agree with Ray Kurzweil that biological evolution and technological evolution are one in the same. I may be adding to his theories, but I think we are evolving to become more networked together and act collectively as “one” at exponential speed. The copyright laws as related to our technology now can be likened to the time when we first learned how to swim but are nervous about letting go of the edge of the pool.

When we let go and allow free sharing, information building on information, (my definition of evolution) will expand at a much faster pace. Some time after this happens we have a greater chance to become much more unified as a civilization. To take this analogy even further, in Stanley Kubrick’s film “2001: A Space Odyssey” the symbol of a black monolith representing a completely unified advanced civilization might eventually become a reality for us.

]]> Comment on Mimi & Eunice by willaful http://blog.ninapaley.com/2010/03/09/mimi-eunice/comment-page-1/#comment-39459 willaful Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:50:18 +0000 http://blog.ninapaley.com/?p=1084#comment-39459 Oh, here's the link without all that extra crap: http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2010/03/12/friday-film-review-sita-sings-the-blues/ Oh, here’s the link without all that extra crap:
http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2010/03/12/friday-film-review-sita-sings-the-blues/

]]> Comment on Mimi & Eunice by willaful http://blog.ninapaley.com/2010/03/09/mimi-eunice/comment-page-1/#comment-39458 willaful Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:49:05 +0000 http://blog.ninapaley.com/?p=1084#comment-39458 Hey Nina, don't know if you'll remember me (wife of Marty's friend) but I wanted to let you know, in case you didn't, that "Sita Sings the Blues" was reviewed over at "Dear Author" today, which is a tremendous bit of exposure! Congratulations. http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2010/03/12/friday-film-review-sita-sings-the-blues/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dearauthor+%28Dear+Author%3A+Romance+Novel+Reviews%2C+Industry+News%2C+and+Commentary%29&utm_content=Google+Reader Hey Nina, don’t know if you’ll remember me (wife of Marty’s friend) but I wanted to let you know, in case you didn’t, that “Sita Sings the Blues” was reviewed over at “Dear Author” today, which is a tremendous bit of exposure! Congratulations.

http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2010/03/12/friday-film-review-sita-sings-the-blues/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dearauthor+%28Dear+Author%3A+Romance+Novel+Reviews%2C+Industry+News%2C+and+Commentary%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

]]> Comment on Mimi & Eunice by Bonni http://blog.ninapaley.com/2010/03/09/mimi-eunice/comment-page-1/#comment-39448 Bonni Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:53:44 +0000 http://blog.ninapaley.com/?p=1084#comment-39448 I understand the dilemma about the license, but I'm afraid I have no constructive comment. I did, however, want to note that I laughed out loud at several of the comics, shared one (with attribution) on a board I frequent, and saved another to my hard drive just for my personal future amusement. :) Thanks. That third one, with the exploding head, really gave me a hoot. My ex-husband always seemed convinced that we have limited space in our head and if we fill our head with "useless" knowledge (useless being anything that doesn't have an immediate, day to day, practical application), there might not be enough room in there for when you really need to learn something important and useful (like, say, driving a car with a standard transmission or something). ;) I understand the dilemma about the license, but I’m afraid I have no constructive comment.

I did, however, want to note that I laughed out loud at several of the comics, shared one (with attribution) on a board I frequent, and saved another to my hard drive just for my personal future amusement. :) Thanks.

That third one, with the exploding head, really gave me a hoot. My ex-husband always seemed convinced that we have limited space in our head and if we fill our head with “useless” knowledge (useless being anything that doesn’t have an immediate, day to day, practical application), there might not be enough room in there for when you really need to learn something important and useful (like, say, driving a car with a standard transmission or something). ;)

]]> Comment on Mimi & Eunice by Drakar2007 http://blog.ninapaley.com/2010/03/09/mimi-eunice/comment-page-1/#comment-39441 Drakar2007 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:22:55 +0000 http://blog.ninapaley.com/?p=1084#comment-39441 @Terry: The simple fact of the matter is that attributed use in a larger commercial work (as opposed to some sort of derivation) is likely to be beneficial to the author of the copylefted material, whether they're compensated or not. And in the case of, say, "big studio" movies, the idea of said work being released CC-BY-SA simply because it contains CC material is a little silly (even if it would be nice). What I'm thinking of is a license that makes it explicitly clear that the work MAY be used as an asset in a larger work, and that the only conditions necessarily implied by the license are attribution -- even if compensation would be appreciated. CC-BY-SA seems to defeat this -- if I were making a movie and would like to show a poster-sized 'Sita' frame in the background, in passing let's say, I'm not sure CC-BY-SA would allow it. i'm not sure whether CC-BY is compliant with this or not, but maybe it is. CC-0 would comply, I think, but is unnecessarily unrestrictive (it seems not unreasonable for the author to assert rights, at least, of being credited for authorship). @Terry: The simple fact of the matter is that attributed use in a larger commercial work (as opposed to some sort of derivation) is likely to be beneficial to the author of the copylefted material, whether they’re compensated or not. And in the case of, say, “big studio” movies, the idea of said work being released CC-BY-SA simply because it contains CC material is a little silly (even if it would be nice). What I’m thinking of is a license that makes it explicitly clear that the work MAY be used as an asset in a larger work, and that the only conditions necessarily implied by the license are attribution — even if compensation would be appreciated.

CC-BY-SA seems to defeat this — if I were making a movie and would like to show a poster-sized ‘Sita’ frame in the background, in passing let’s say, I’m not sure CC-BY-SA would allow it. i’m not sure whether CC-BY is compliant with this or not, but maybe it is. CC-0 would comply, I think, but is unnecessarily unrestrictive (it seems not unreasonable for the author to assert rights, at least, of being credited for authorship).

]]> Comment on The Cult of Originality by Millard http://blog.ninapaley.com/2009/12/28/the-cult-of-originality/comment-page-1/#comment-39415 Millard Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:36:53 +0000 http://blog.ninapaley.com/?p=901#comment-39415 @Stephen Pate: I read an article once about a famous songwriter (pretty sure it was Dylan) where he said that he listened to music while writing. Let it set the mood and guide him. He said it with no shame, though I expect his lawyer quivered for months afterwards. @Nina: Great piece (my first time here and I'll be back). My son is a budding artist and I've already forwarded. Having been fortunate enough to visit Rome, Venice, Sicily and Florence and to see the real David, Michaelangelo was an artist operating at a level above many. Perhaps not genius, perhaps not original, but genuinely different in execution in some subtle way. No other piece we saw had quite the same sort of lasting effect on me. Thanks for explaining why. @Stephen Pate: I read an article once about a famous songwriter (pretty sure it was Dylan) where he said that he listened to music while writing. Let it set the mood and guide him. He said it with no shame, though I expect his lawyer quivered for months afterwards.

@Nina: Great piece (my first time here and I’ll be back). My son is a budding artist and I’ve already forwarded. Having been fortunate enough to visit Rome, Venice, Sicily and Florence and to see the real David, Michaelangelo was an artist operating at a level above many. Perhaps not genius, perhaps not original, but genuinely different in execution in some subtle way. No other piece we saw had quite the same sort of lasting effect on me. Thanks for explaining why.

]]> Comment on Mimi & Eunice by jeffrey http://blog.ninapaley.com/2010/03/09/mimi-eunice/comment-page-1/#comment-39414 jeffrey Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:05:12 +0000 http://blog.ninapaley.com/?p=1084#comment-39414 My own preference is for cc-by, simply because that seems this seems to replicate what would otherwise be free-market behavior. No mandates on anyone but a convention towards attribution. My own preference is for cc-by, simply because that seems this seems to replicate what would otherwise be free-market behavior. No mandates on anyone but a convention towards attribution.

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