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Fair Use Remix Institute Launches on July 7th

FURI [pronounced fury] is a two week digital media workshop for socially-conscious Chicago teens in which youth create several video remixes and mashups that are critical or satirical works of art focusing on political, social, and cultural issues, from a youth perspective. In the process, participants will learn about how political remix is a cultural right protected by the Fair Use Provision and First Amendment and Free Speech.

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The Cloud Factory Screens in 3 Cities in 1 Weekend

When it rains, it pours. Our video, The Cloud Factory by Open Youth Networks members, Marisol Becerra and Zane Scheuerlein screened at the Making Media Connections Conference and the Cine Youth Festival (Chicago), the How to Read a Film Conference (Berkeley) and the Allied Media Conference (Detroit) all during the same week.
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Open Youth Networks at the DIY Video Summit

Patricia Lange of USC produced this video about the DIY Video Summit held last February in LA. It shows clips of our Open Youth Networks members Ameenah Muhammad, Sadia Nawab and Zane Scheuerlein presenting our program YouTubeSized at the event.

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