Outfoxed offered for remix

From wired.com:

"For years, the remixing of songs, both licit and illicit, has been almost as common as the release of original music. The same has not been true of films: There have been only a few recuts of films by people other than the original director or editors, and few if any were legal.

But now, thanks to Robert Greenwald, the maker of the anti-Fox News Channel documentary Outfoxed, film may be poised to join music as a medium ripe for being re-edited and re-imagined by third parties.

Greenwald has announced that he is making much of the Outfoxed unedited footage available free of charge, under a Creative Commons license, to the public for remixing and re-using in nearly any manner imaginable. Under these licenses, holders of original copyrights give other people permission to use their content in other works without having to jump through the legal hoops of typical industry-made fare.

"I hope there will be a series of creative, interesting and different ways that this material will be utilized by all kinds of different folks," said Greenwald. "And I look forward to seeing what comes out of it. And toward that end, the possibilities are very exciting as to what people will do, because there are no limits other than creativity."

To many in the film industry, Greenwald's decision to make the raw Outfoxed content available for download on Internet Archive and torrentocracy is an exciting move and one that could set an important precedent. By all accounts, it's one of the first times a major motion picture has been offered for public manipulation. "