Remix Lessig's work, win prizes!

Frances from Bloomsbury sez,

To celebrate the Creative Commons release of Lawrence Lessig's latest book, Remix, Bloomsbury Academic are hosting a competition called REMIX THE REMIXER. Prizes include a 'remixed' book signed by Cory Doctorow, a copy of Remix signed by Lessig himself and £200 (about 300 USD) worth of any books from Bloomsbury Publishers.

Here's how the competition works: Find any video, interview, or written work of Lessig's, mash it up with another piece of Lessig's work and create something new. It can be a video (3 min max), photo or text. Just remix any of Lawrence Lessig's existing work and create something that is new, unique and creative.

Bloomsbury Academic will be hosting the competition on their Facebook fan page. All you need to do is search for the event (Remix the Remixer) on Facebook, submit your remix on the event's wall, and you've entered the competition. Submission deadline is the end of May, after which public voting will begin.

Remix was shortlisted for the Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year award and according to the Guardian 'Lessig...is a lawyer who gets things changed not for the benefit of corporations but to unleash the creative potential of ordinary people in a digital age.' Remix is published by Bloomsbury Academic in the UK, priced at £12.99.

Bloomsbury Academic is committed to putting its research-led publications online on CC NC licenses.

Remix the Remixer (Thanks, Frances!)

[#1 posted by Bruno Bolisarte, May 3, 2009 10:38 AM]

Anyone know where we might find said Creative Commons-licensed Lessing videos?

[#2 posted by Anonymous, May 3, 2009 11:36 AM]

I remixed a remix and it was back to normal.

[#3 posted by alphabomb, May 3, 2009 4:24 PM]

@1 - Yes, I found some remixable content on his site here: http://www.lessig.org/content/av/

PS: May your blade chip and shatter.

[#4 posted by eustace, May 3, 2009 9:53 PM]

Suppose we just remix the twenty-six symbolic characters that he uses...

[#5 posted by digitalcole, May 3, 2009 10:43 PM]

@#3

An outstanding book,
A fun movie,
A horrible sci-fi series.

A Remix sounds like fun but, alas its beyond my skills. Although, baking banana nut bread...look out. The next time you see a Lessig/Banana bake off I'm in.

[#6 posted by Anonymous, May 4, 2009 6:00 PM]

Someone got smudge-happy, eh?

[#7 posted by theo, May 5, 2009 7:29 PM]

You can find much Lawrence Lessig source material at: http://www.lessig.org/content/

- with over 40 videos here: http://www.lessig.org/content/av/ (scroll down "current videos")

You buy or download a PDF of Remix here: http://www.bloomsburyacademic.com/remix.htm

You can download other versions including text versions of Remix here: http://www.archive.org/details/LawrenceLessigRemix

and here: http://www.box.net/shared/ykpaf7u9b0 (text with no line breaks)

Enjoy, commonly create, and happy exrim-ing...