Reply #3: It's free and it is like youtube plus

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It will be better than youtube because they will give you all the tools you need to do your own video. They will provide clips, music and the guidelines so you know what you can do under the "fair use" doctrine. Once you've done a video you are free to post it wherever you want or keep on your own computer and not share it with anyone. I love the idea and hope it catches on so people will use it.

I mean, imagine being able to create your own video on a local issue that uses clips and music that you've never had access to before. You'll be able to see your creation come to life because someone, somewhere is giving you the tools to create first class videos. And it is free. I'm very excited about it. It really opens the door to those of us who are technically and monetarily challenged.

here's a blurb from the remixamerica blog that quotes Lear's announcement/vision at the TBA conference the other day.

Here’s how it works: You go to REMIX AMERICA.ORG. Lincoln spoke of a “rebirth of freedom” in his Gettysburg address. You will find his address at REMIX AMERICA.ORG. Take just that sentence, take that and a bit more if you will, take the whole speech — and wait! Up there you’ll also find JFK at his inaugural, along with Eisenhower’s Farewell address, a speech by Barbara Jordan, Readings of the Declaration and the Bill of Rights by well known actors, remarks on America by everyone from Cassius Clay to Tina Fey.


There will be over 200 such pieces up there in what we call THE AMERICAN PLAYLIST. Toss in some music by Woody Guthrie, Aaron Copeland, The Beastie Boys, Nine Inch Nails, David Byrne. You’ll find all the tools you need there to do the remixing and the editing, right there, free, on the Remix America site. The power of an entire post-production studio with an amazing digital library of creative assets on every person’s computer. Want to know what progressive is in a new century? Being able to see communication power like this finally moving from the hands of the big conglomerates to the hands and laptops of ordinary citizens, that’s where progressive is.

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I see a viral explosion of Born Again Americans, Americans of all ages and ethnicities, conditions and backgrounds, awakening to their power as free citizens in a free society. I see them doing it in 3-4 minute bursts, mixing and mashing their stories and hopes and dreams with the words, images and music from the American Playlist, to give us all a glimpse of the America they wish for.

http://blog.remixamerica.org/