Remix Commons

Remix Commons is a network of free culture projects in the UK. Their aim is to get artists (working with music, video, images and text) to come together and share their work, be inspired by each others’ work, and ultimately to create “remixes”.

http://www.remixcommons.org/

The more we can create and remix, the more enriching those communities become. When you can set-up a band with your mates, or run a music night in a local club, or make some video clips – be they funny or serious – you’re doing something profoundly social and human. This creative ability is far more important than the ability to simply access cultural items cheaply. If we just want to be a nation of consumers, a culture based around buying goods and becoming couch potatoes, then the ability to consume really matters a lot. But if we want to be vibrant, interesting people, sharing culture in communities, we need to think more about the ability to create, which implies access.

http://www.boingboing.net/2005/01/23/remix_reading_cclice.html 

Also visit http://tom.acrewoods.net/writing/remixculture