Digital Mix: A Special BayFF Celebrating Illegal Art

On July 25th the Electronic Frontier Foundation will host a night of music, art, and conversation to celebrate digital culture. Hosted at the Black Box in downtown Oakland, this special BayFF will bring up-and-coming artists of electronica, digital film, and illegal art together with leaders from the cyber-rights movement. Lawsuits and legislation have become the weapons of choice for dealing with file-sharing and cultural recycling ("sampling"); come out and discover what all the hype is about. Between laptop music, hip hop, and industrial performances, you will hear from people who are fighting to protect new forms of expression and cultural distribution from the attacks of the entertainment industry. This is an all-ages event. Performers: ~ Kat5 ~ Meanest Man Contest ~ Uprock ~ Mochipet ~ Freshblend Speakers: ~ Fred von Lohmann (Electronic Frontier Foundation) ~ Glenn Otis Brown (Creative Commons) ~ Ray Beldner (Illegal Art) Sponsored By: ~ XLR8R Magazine