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

Wed Jul 13 15:13:42 UTC 2011

I think the audience needs to be very clearly defined.

If it is primarily for GLAM people in need for instruction I think it can be
a lot more technical because they generally know the problems quite well. It
could even spoof instructional videos for something else to make it more
fun, like a technical manual to open the public domain, or a health and
safety guide.

The only thing regarding GLAMs is that the main reason to enclose the
digitised public domain seems to be finance, so the video would need to
address this. Maybe it should clearly ask for public funding for
digitisation.

On the other hand, if the video is for citizens and the aim is to get them
to take action in contacting their local cultural institution, then the
story needs to be a bit more dramatic, like Save our Culture before it
disappears, with a sense of urgency and clear call for action, NOW!

>From a campaign perspective, it could be better to have 2 or 3 targeted
videos that move different segments of people to action. Also, they should
be released as part of a week of action or some event that can benefit from
some coordinated effort by viewers.

For us in UK this could possibly be around asking the British Library to
time limit the restrictions on public domain copies from the Google Books
deal.

Javier

On 13 July 2011 15:44, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> 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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