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

Wed Jul 13 14:52:57 UTC 2011

Jonathan, all your points are spot-on.

On 7/13/11 8:44 AM, Jonathan Gray wrote:
> 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
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Jonathan Gray
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Community Coordinator
>>>>>>> The Open Knowledge Foundation
>>>>>>> http://blog.okfn.org
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