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

Wed Jul 13 15:02:45 UTC 2011

Thanks Daniel! I think as Nina Paley has said she's interested in
producing something, my preference would be to crystallise a core of
messages we want to include with key stakeholders (e.g. in Warsaw in
September), and then go to her with this - and give her a high degree
of autonomy over what the result is.

Does that make sense?

J.

On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Daniel Dietrich
<daniel.dietrich at okfn.org> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I am happy to help with the production of sreencast / video as soon as we have answered these questions and have a written storyboard.
>
> Regards
> Daniel
>
> On 13.07.2011, at 16:44, 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
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Community Coordinator
>>>>>>>> The Open Knowledge Foundation
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