literature that’s Read&Write
As we said, “at the core of the Creative Commons project is a suite of standardised licences that are made freely available to authors and artists. The licences are designed to provide a range of protections and freedoms for their material. Creative Commons builds upon the “all rights reserved” or traditional copyright to create a [...]
Not many books begin with a word of warning. Through the Clock's Workings does. This anthology of literature is not some textual tome, frozen in time and space. It is alive, evolving organically in a constant state of flux. Why? Because each story is available under a Creative Commons licence, giving you rights to share and reuse the book as you see fit. This is a world first: a remixed and remixable short fiction anthology. Buy your copy here or download the electronic version.
The term 'remix' may be new but the idea itself is time-honoured. Remix is all about taking existing material and making something new out of it. It's a familiar concept in music but extends to all creative content so why isn't the literati getting amongst it? There's no reason why writers can't mix, match, push and pull content to create remixed works. And that's why remix my lit exists. We don't like buzz words, but if we had to use them we'd probably say we are a web 2.0 online collaborative space for creative people who want to get stuck up to their elbows in remixing!
This project is supported by Story of the Future, at the Australia Council for the Arts, the Australian Government's arts funding and advisory body.
literature that’s Read&Write
