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Everything Is A Remix (Full Film)

StarveTheSystem2 · documentary · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

Kirby Ferguson's film argues that creativity is built from copying, transforming and combining existing works, examining music, film and technology. It makes the case that everything is a remix.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN brings it up in discussions of originality, invention, copying and attribution, including AI art.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2013, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “If you have some time to kill, I would check out this video called”

    New inventions come from combining existing ideas

    WestCoastJustin, 2013-08 · Recommendation · in “Researcher controls colleague’s motions in first human brain-to-brain interface”

  2. “You will enjoy this documentary (Everything a Remix).”

    Documentary on how creative work copies and remixes

    icegreentea, 2015-11 · Recommendation · in “StarCraft: The past, present and future”

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Topics: creativity, copyright, originality, film, music

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