Stay Free!

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Stay Free!
Categories Zines Online magazine
FounderCarrie McLaren
Founded1993;30 years ago (1993)
Final issue2008;15 years ago (2008)
Country United States
Based in Brooklyn, New York
Language English
Website stayfreemagazine.org

Stay Free! was a non-profit magazine about the politics of culture based in Brooklyn, New York.

Contents

History

Founded by Carrie McLaren in 1993 [1] while working at Matador Records, it tends to focus on "the perversions of media and consumer culture." Each issue has a theme, such as pranks, copyright, or marketing and past issues have included interviews with Lawrence Lessig, Negativland, Stuart Ewen, and Public Enemy. [2]

In March 2007, Carrie McLaren announced Stay Free! would no longer be published in print, though they would continue online. [3] The last print issue appeared in 2008. [1] The website is no longer online. In 2009, the editors of Stay Free! released the book Ad Nauseam: A Survivor's Guide to American Consumer Culture. [4]

The name was intended as an ironic homage to Stayfree maxipads, though it is also the title of a song by The Clash.

Other projects

To protest the expansion of copyright law, the magazine sponsored the Illegal Art exhibition, website and compact disc, all featuring artists challenging copyright or art works which were the subject of copyright suits. Stay Free! also published a free media literacy curriculum.

Distribution

Stay Free! was distributed in the coffee shops, book shops, and other commercial venues of Brooklyn. One magazine cost $2.95. [5]

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  2. McLeod, Kembrew (May 2009). Interview with Chuck D & Hank Shocklee of Public Enemy. Stay Free!. Archived from the original March 20, 2011.
  3. Carrie McLaren (9 March 2007). "The future of Stay Free!". Stay Free. Archived from the original on 14 March 2007. Retrieved 2 January 2008.
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