In 2008,to celebrate the release of Lawrence Lessig's book,Bloomsbury Academic Press hosted a competition called Remix the Remixer.Entrants were asked to find a video,interview,or written work of Lessig's,mash it up with another piece of Lessig's work,and create something new such as a video,photo,or text.What is this sort of artistic activity called?

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Textual poaching refers to the act of taking existing material and repurposing it for one's own creative purposes. In this case, the entrants were tasked with mashing up Lawrence Lessig's work to create something new. This type of artistic activity is a form of textual poaching.

In 2008,to Celebrate the Release of Lawrence Lessig's Book,Bloomsbury Academic