[pd-discuss] Making a short video on "How to openly publish public domain works"

Wed Jul 13 14:44:55 UTC 2011

I've had a look at this, and suggest that before we proceed any
further we take a bit of a step back and review what we're doing in
light of recent developments.

In my mind this will be part of a broader initiative, led by a loose
coalition of key stakeholders in this space. I recently posted about
this on the OKF blog [1].

There are two key bits to the puzzle:

  1. Opening up digital copies of public domain works
  2. Opening up information (metadata) about public domain works

I think we should produce a short video about both of these things,
and run a relatively high profile campaign, aimed at GLAM
institutions. I've spoken to the following, who say they are
interested:

  * Brewster Kahle from the Internet Archive
  * Various people from the Communia Association
  * Various people from Wikimedia
  * Folks from Creative Commons (Mike and Diane have expressed an
interest in being involved in this thread)

I've also spoken to Nina Paley, who says she would be up for helping
us to produce short animations. We'll need to see if we can raise
funds for this between us. Perhaps we could start a Kickstarter
campaign or similar, seeded with funding from CC, IA, OKF, WMF and
others?

The script is really important, and should (in my mind):

  * Break down the key issues for a non-specialist (hence minimal legalese)
  * Leave viewers with several actionable things they can take away
  * Be sufficiently well-versed with the issues that they make a
convincing case for GLAM institutions, without seeming naive / or
idealistic - e.g. giving examples from high profile institutions,
giving a sense of how these things fit with public mission
  * Be simple, clear and exciting enough to be run as a TV commercial
- something that people would *want* to screen and show off
  * Have some catchy or interesting angle or metaphor - to help it go
viral, or at least to be more than a boring instructional video

Given these things, I think this will need serious thought and input
from all of us.

Mike: do you think the CC Summit in Warsaw could be a good place to
sit down and discuss this further? E.g. could we have a satellite
event there to bash out a plan and work on this together? If so we
should make sure we have invited key stakeholders ASAP!

All the best,

Jonathan

[1] http://blog.okfn.org/2011/07/06/lets-open-up-the-public-domain/

On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Diane Peters <diane at creativecommons.org> wrote:
> Hi Primavera, Jonathan, et.al.,
> Made a few suggestions that should be self-explanatory.  Thanks for
> providing the idea and the opportunity.  Happy to help further if useful.
>  Good luck!
> Diane
>
> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 1:05 PM, Primavera De Filippi
> <primavera.defilippi at okfn.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>> here is a preliminary draft that Jonathan Keller and I have put together
>> during the past week,
>> it would be great if you could provide some feedback about it !
>> and please feel free to add or edit it as much as you can ;)
>>
>> http://publicdomain.okfnpad.org/howtopublishpdworks?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Sounds great! :-D
>>>
>>> Do you want to put together a draft script, then perhaps Mike and
>>> others can look over it?
>>>
>>> J.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Primavera De Filippi
>>> <primavera.defilippi at okfn.org> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Really nice !   :)
>>> >> Shall we start drafting a short script for it ?  I think it should be
>>> >> in
>>> >> the form of an anmimation with a background voice describing the whole
>>> >> thing.. I spoke with a friend of mine who is a designer/video maker
>>> >> and he's
>>> >> willing to help out with the graphics/animation !
>>> >> Let's try and get this done before the summer ?
>>> >>
>>> >> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Jonathan Gray
>>> >> <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 4:27 AM, Mike Linksvayer
>>> >>> <ml at creativecommons.org>
>>> >>> wrote:
>>> >>> > On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 2:04 AM, Jonathan Gray
>>> >>> > <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>
>>> >>> >> Paul, Mike: re: (ii) what do you think about joining forces and
>>> >>> >> making
>>> >>> >> a short video about how to publish a public domain work The Right
>>> >>> >> Way
>>> >>> >> (i.e. using PD Mark and other appropriate legal tools?).
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > Seems like a great idea. I think lots of people working on GLAMs
>>> >>> > and
>>> >>> > free
>>> >>> > culture would be interested, and as Rufus notes elsewhere in
>>> >>> > thread,
>>> >>> > encouragement (of which I'd consider documenting best practices in
>>> >>> > various
>>> >>> > forms one) has been pretty productive.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Great! Started adding some basic ideas here:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> http://publicdomain.okfnpad.org/howtopublishpdworks
>>> >>>
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