Siva sez, "Jonathan Lethem, author of Fortress of Solitude, Motherless Brooklyn, and a bunch of other great books and stories, has offered some of his stories for remixing and adaptation. Check out the current Harper's Magazine, in which Jonathan copies and pastes together a series of sentences and paragraphs from such notables as Lewis Hyde, Lawrence Lessig, Kembrew McLeod, and Siva Vaidhyanathan to make an argument for Free Culture. It's brilliant, but not online yet. Here is what Jonathan says about his new project:"
These stories are for filmmakers or dramatists to adapt. They're available non-exclusively — meaning other people may be working from the same material — and the cost is a dollar apiece.
There's a simple written agreement to sign, which imposes a couple of restrictions, and that's it — once you've paid your dollar and signed the agreement, you're free to adapt or mutate the story as you please.
(Thanks, Siva!)
