Claire Chanel has dropped a new project: Media Defendr. A step-by-step illustrated how-to guide for sampling and remixing. Essential for the DJ in all of us.

There’s a cliche that if you don’t use your freedoms, you lose them. In this case it’s true and the story of fair use rights online is being written right now. The more that people make use of their freedom to sample, remix, and reinvent, the harder it will be for major media companies to close down this avenue of creativity.