https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emm8qdUTLeU

How’d that video get made?

Professor Kliq was a music student at the University of Chicago. He released a couple of albums under a Creative Commons license so that people could feel free to copy them and use the music without having to ask his permission. It’s worked out well for him – he’s gotten gigs doing soundtracks, gotten invited to do concerts, received donations, all without a major label backing him. When Chris Acton and I were doing the Hope for Hotties movie, Professor Kliq was an easy choice for the soundtrack.

Victor Hagelin is a french speaking animator. No idea how he found the track, but he just made a video for it. He didn’t ask permission or negotiate for the rights – he just made it, because Creative Commons works.

And then Professor Kliq got worked up and remastered the track to bring it up to date, and that’s how we get Wire and Flashing Lights: