German
Johannes Kreidler Composer

product placements (2008)

Music piece / performance ("music theater")   German Version

70,200 samples in 33 seconds: nightmare for GERMAN RIAA

If you want to register a song at GEMA (RIAA, ASCAP of Germany) you have to fill in a form for each sample you use, even the tiniest bit.

On 12 Sept 08, German Avantgarde musician Johannes Kreidler registered – as a live performance event – a short musical work that contains 70,200 quotations with GEMA using 70,200 forms.

<-- The "Che Guevara of Copyright" (taz) in front of his van full of paper during the performance. Photo: Julia Seeliger

Official Complete Documentation (english subtitles)

Selected Reviews

Videos / Photos:
Video by Moritz R ("Der Plan") // Video by 3Sat Kulturzeit // Video by Neue Musikzeitung // Photos 1, Photos 2, Photos 3.

German:
Bericht in der Neuen Musikzeitung // Film der Neuen Musikzeitung // Der Kreidler/Dostal - Disput // Dooload // ZDF Infokanal - Elektrischer Reporter // WDR3 TonArt // DeutschlandRadio Kultur // julia-seeliger.de (Die Grünen) // Darstellung der Diskussion (news godot.de) // gulli // Freie Radios // diesellog // Bilanzierendes Interview mit der Piratenpartei // Videoregister // TAZ-Interview // Berliner Zeitung-Interview // Telepolis // Sueddeutsche Zeitung // DIE ZEIT // Piratenpartei-Interview // NMZ-Diskussion // Heise-Diskussion // freie Radios // BR3 // DeutschlandRadio // Netzwelt // Nerdcore-Diskussion // Ni siuiera // Gulli-Diskussion // Henusode // Lumperladen // laut.de // Robs Blog // sozlog // Fraktal.log

English:
crawdaddy // createdigitalmusic // ZeroPaid I // zeropaid II // wired // Ircam - Centre Pompidou // eZee // Oca Research Review // P2P Blog // Deep End // Suso // beatportal // Repositorium // Play the Web // AudioCookbook // torrentlog // READYdot // boingboing // Make:

French:
Numerama // L'Oreille en Feu // Vacarm // soundtrack of my life // digiboy // Manufacture francaise d'harmonie de précision // zik'n'blog

Spanish:
Remixtures // Music Check // monofonicos // Ningunterra // ivalladt // SLF Musica 2.0

Japanese:
P2P Blog // toysgadget // Technorati // tumblr.sabii // aikaimg // Hatena:Diary

Dutch: Marco Raaphorst // trendbeheer // simuze // Mcast.fm Italian: Punto Informatico // Zonix 88 Swedish: Copyriot // Realtid Russian: Livejournal Finnish: Piraattiliitto Polish: nowamuzyka Portuguise: Producoes Ficticias Czech: kulturni tydenik Hungarian: midi.blog Bulgarian: dot.cult

Trailer

 

Presentation in Melbourne 2016

The Piece product placements

The piece was released on Kreidler's portrait CD of Deutscher Musikrat.

See also:
Lecture New Technology and the Music it creates
Lecture Why political (new) music?