Penguin Remixed
Sunday, May 15th, 2005 at 8:56 amPenguin Books (UK) is having a remix contest of sorts. “Penguin will publish the winning submissions in a digital audio book with proceeds being donated to charity.”
The samples are spoken word recitals of classics and other stuff I’ve never heard of. “Moby Dick”, “Great Gatsby”, Oscar Wilde, Jack Kerouac (ready by David Carradine) and over 20 others. These are clean, dry recordings, kind of perfect really.
For the life of me I can’t find any license agreement about the samples. Maybe these are Public Domain. That would be too much to ask for.
May 15th, 2005 at 10:04 am
“5. Audio samples are provided solely for use in this competition and should not be used for any other purpose. The moral rights of copyright holders will be protected.”
May 15th, 2005 at 12:04 pm
Like I said, too much to ask for ;)
Thanks for reading that far down the rules.
May 16th, 2005 at 7:03 am
A 70 book collection as a prize! I always wanted to remix Melville. where my whale at..
May 16th, 2005 at 7:51 am
Don’t miss #10:
10. Open to residents of the UK with the exception of employees of Penguin Books Limited and their families.
So, uh, yeah, /I’m/ not qualified. Being a US person.
-bill
May 16th, 2005 at 8:08 am
I’ve got to try Alice in Wonderland! Thanks for the link - I posted a link to this in my blog also and people seemed interested!