Comments on: A Shared Culture http://www.jonobacon.org/2008/10/18/a-shared-culture/ At home with Jono Bacon, Community Manager and Author Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fabian Rodriguez http://www.jonobacon.org/2008/10/18/a-shared-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-125947 Fabian Rodriguez Sun, 19 Oct 2008 04:32:10 +0000 http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=1349#comment-125947 <p>"Free" culture in Flash.</p> <p>Yawn.</p> “Free” culture in Flash.

Yawn.

]]> By: Matt Lee http://www.jonobacon.org/2008/10/18/a-shared-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-125946 Matt Lee Sun, 19 Oct 2008 04:04:55 +0000 http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=1349#comment-125946 <p>It is worth noting that the license on the video is not a free culture license. This is not my opinion, Creative Commons themselves recognise this and list only BY and BY-SA licenses as free licenses. </p> <p>I'm glad you've decided to join us and license your album under a free culture license.</p> It is worth noting that the license on the video is not a free culture license. This is not my opinion, Creative Commons themselves recognise this and list only BY and BY-SA licenses as free licenses.

I’m glad you’ve decided to join us and license your album under a free culture license.

]]> By: Unique Irish Gifts http://www.jonobacon.org/2008/10/18/a-shared-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-125939 Unique Irish Gifts Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:03:11 +0000 http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=1349#comment-125939 <p>Hi Jono - thanks for posting. I've come across several CC issues of late, but have not had the chance to sit down, study, and really get my mind around it. This was a big help, so thanks for sharing it.</p> Hi Jono – thanks for posting. I’ve come across several CC issues of late, but have not had the chance to sit down, study, and really get my mind around it. This was a big help, so thanks for sharing it.

]]> By: effie_jayx http://www.jonobacon.org/2008/10/18/a-shared-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-125936 effie_jayx Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:08:49 +0000 http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=1349#comment-125936 <p>AWESOME VID... thanks for resharing</p> AWESOME VID… thanks for resharing

]]> By: Hezy http://www.jonobacon.org/2008/10/18/a-shared-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-125930 Hezy Sat, 18 Oct 2008 07:06:03 +0000 http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=1349#comment-125930 <p>Sounds interesting, however I find it ironic that in order to enjoy the movie I will have to install Adobe Flash :oops:</p> Sounds interesting, however I find it ironic that in order to enjoy the movie I will have to install Adobe Flash :oops:

]]> By: Eugenia http://www.jonobacon.org/2008/10/18/a-shared-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-125925 Eugenia Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:00:54 +0000 http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=1349#comment-125925 <p>They mention ccMixter in that video, but I can't say for sure that ccMixter is 100% legal all the time -- according to the current US laws that is. Some songs (not all) found on ccMixter are remixes of commercial music, cleverly disguised, but still that's something that RIAA can bring to a court if they want to be nasty.</p> <p>I am personally a strong supporter or Creative Commons, and so all my videos are licensed under the most free CC license, the CC-BY 3.0 (I allow people to make derivatives, use it for commercial purposes etc). I always couple my videos with CC-BY songs found on Jamendo.com (I am careful to use CC-BY only), but I am avoiding ccMixter like the plague, because of fear of copyright infringement that can happen without my knowledge. You can't be too sure with Jamendo either, but at least it's a more clean situation that ccMixter.</p> <p>Originally, I was having trouble using CC-BY music for my CC-BY videos, because there were only 45 albums released under that specific license! But in just a year, we now have more than 340 such albums available on Jamendo (out of 12,000 listed there)! That should be enough for most videographers to find good-enough music for their videos.</p> <p>You see, it's a bit difficult with the video situation: the CC-ND license doesn't let you combine audio with video at all, CC-NC doesn't even let you upload to youtube, CC-SA limits the uses of the video in other projects. So I had to go with CC-BY-only music, if I wanted maximum freedom for others to use my work. I am glad that now we have enough CC-BY music selection for this purpose.</p> <p>My CC-BY nature videos have already being used by others in other projects, e.g. a church in Spain who creates video prayers (my video on the background with their music, and prayer text super-imposed on to the image). I am not religious in the slightest, but I am happy to see people re-use my work for their needs.</p> They mention ccMixter in that video, but I can’t say for sure that ccMixter is 100% legal all the time — according to the current US laws that is. Some songs (not all) found on ccMixter are remixes of commercial music, cleverly disguised, but still that’s something that RIAA can bring to a court if they want to be nasty.

I am personally a strong supporter or Creative Commons, and so all my videos are licensed under the most free CC license, the CC-BY 3.0 (I allow people to make derivatives, use it for commercial purposes etc). I always couple my videos with CC-BY songs found on Jamendo.com (I am careful to use CC-BY only), but I am avoiding ccMixter like the plague, because of fear of copyright infringement that can happen without my knowledge. You can’t be too sure with Jamendo either, but at least it’s a more clean situation that ccMixter.

Originally, I was having trouble using CC-BY music for my CC-BY videos, because there were only 45 albums released under that specific license! But in just a year, we now have more than 340 such albums available on Jamendo (out of 12,000 listed there)! That should be enough for most videographers to find good-enough music for their videos.

You see, it’s a bit difficult with the video situation: the CC-ND license doesn’t let you combine audio with video at all, CC-NC doesn’t even let you upload to youtube, CC-SA limits the uses of the video in other projects. So I had to go with CC-BY-only music, if I wanted maximum freedom for others to use my work. I am glad that now we have enough CC-BY music selection for this purpose.

My CC-BY nature videos have already being used by others in other projects, e.g. a church in Spain who creates video prayers (my video on the background with their music, and prayer text super-imposed on to the image). I am not religious in the slightest, but I am happy to see people re-use my work for their needs.

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