[pdb-discuss] points of confusion...

Sun Mar 5 11:58:03 UTC 2006

Dan Leech wrote:
> some thoughts....
> 
> Use cases :
> what does the 'value' field signify? (importance?)

Yes. (value is value of being able to perform what is described in the 
use case to users of the service)

> genre :
> I think genres would be usefull even at this early stage, a genre system 
> can help users navigate and home-in on a piece of media / meta-data.. 
> even if the genres are very broad ie. classical, rock. fiction, factual.

IMO even if we want to keep genres (rather than just general tags or 
similar) they are lot less useful than getting the work/artist stuff 
sorted out (hence the values i have currently put in). thus i would 
suggest leaving this for the time being until a later iteration.

> file uploads (long term):
> can we natively support file uploads to archive.org 
> <http://archive.org>? or does the user have to navigate to archive.org 
> <http://archive.org> and upload there?

This is UseCase34 and in my opinion (as indicated by the value) I think 
this has low important compared to other things. So at present I suggest 
we do **not** support native uploads (this is also likely to be high 
cost since it requires integration with other systems).

> copyright (mediums):
> 
>  >The copyright is always associated with the work (and certainly not with
>  >a particular digital copy of the work). Thus copyright should be
>  >associated with the work rather than the medium. (rufus)
> 
> if a piece of work is copyright... do publishers assert their own 
> copyright on the reproduction? ie. the london symphony orchestra play 
> beethovens 5th symphony. It is recorded and published on Sony classical 
> - sony would hold copyright on the recording (the medium)?
> 
> A copyright is associated with the medium, and the digital reproduction 
> of the medium is the ultimate product of the website.

> sorry if this is completely wrong. Ill do some homework on copyright soon..

Performer/Recording copyright is associated with that recording however 
it is not associated with the 'medium'. i.e. releasing exactly the same 
recording on vinyl and tape does not give you 2 copyrights. My 
understanding was that a performance of a work would get an entry as a 
'work' and then the medium table is just there to reference particularly 
  digital copies (you might have cases where 2 different people have 
ripped the same recording).

Regards,

Rufus