[pd-discuss] Making a short video on "How to openly publish public domain works"
Peter Saint-Andre
stpeter at stpeter.im
Wed Jul 13 15:35:57 UTC 2011
I see three audiences:
1. cultural institutions
2. citizens
3. creatives (writers, artists, musicians, etc.)
On 7/13/11 9:13 AM, Javier Ruiz wrote:
> 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
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> On 13 July 2011 15:44, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org
> <mailto: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 <mailto:diane at creativecommons.org>> wrote:
> > Hi Primavera, Jonathan, et.al <http://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
> <mailto: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 <mailto: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
> <mailto: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 <mailto:jonathan.gray at okfn.org>>
> >>> >> wrote:
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 4:27 AM, Mike Linksvayer
> >>> >>> <ml at creativecommons.org <mailto:ml at creativecommons.org>>
> >>> >>> wrote:
> >>> >>> > On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 2:04 AM, Jonathan Gray
> >>> >>> > <jonathan.gray at okfn.org <mailto: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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