Animator. Director. Artist. Scapegoat.
I am hereby changing Sita Sings the Blues‘ CC-BY-SA (Share Alike) license to CC-0. A few years ago I started thinking about taking a vow of non-violence: a commitment to never sue anyone over Knowledge (or Culture, Cultural Works, Art, Intellectual Pooperty, whatever you call it). Copyright law is hopelessly broken; indeed, the Law in … Continue reading “Ahimsa: Sita Sings the Blues now CC-0 “Public Domain””
Guess what I found at my parents’ house in Urbana? A VHS tape called “NINA PALEY DEMO REEL 1998.” It contained my very first animation as an adult (my very very first was when I was about 13, but I’ve lost those Super-8 reels). I didn’t go to school, I just taught myself from books … Continue reading “Ye Olde Animation”
This very short, very concise, very understandable article by Rich Bailey is probably the best popular introduction to me and my copyright/copyleft issues. First published by the Epoch Times, I re-post it below.
I’ve been drawing for so long, I forget what it feels like to learn how to draw. But once in a while, I learn something really basic for the first time. I wanted to write about it before I forget what it feels like. The topic: spirals. I love ’em. I used ’em for clouds … Continue reading “Spiral In, Spiral Out”
Order it by clicking the new “Store” tab at mimiandeunice.com. “I laughed out loud!…[The Intellectual Pooperty cartoons] are very very funny….however, if you could inform readers that this naive concept doesn’t correspond to the laws that actually exist, it would avoid encouraging them to believe that it does.” —Richard Stallman Here’s a photo of the … Continue reading “The Mimi & Eunice Book is Now Available!”
Venerable author Cory Doctorow and I had this email correspondence this Summer, with the intention of sharing it to illuminate some issues confronting Free Culture and Creative Commons licenses. My thanks to Cory! May 17, 2010 Hi Cory, I’m writing to invite you to experiment with what I think is a brilliant innovation from QuestionCopyright.org: … Continue reading “Paley & Doctorow argue over Non-Commercial licenses”