Lessons from Jamaica

This is not about electronic dance music but it's related to dance, technology and copyright issues.

And it's fun!

Larisa Mann on Decolonizing Copyright: Jamaican Street Dances and Globally Networked Technology

djones - March 22, 2011 @ 2:31 pm · Berkman Luncheon Series, video

Jamaican music-making practices present an interesting case study in the relationship between culture, copyright law, technology and power. In this talk Larisa Mann — a DJ, journalist, and student of Berkeley Law School’s Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program — shows how the street dance, the explosively creative heart of Jamaican musical practice, suggests several ways that technology can help or hinder people currently excluded from formal systems of power.

Watch video by clicking here.