On 13/12/2007, Matthew Cashmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry Dave - we can't drop the NC restriction...
Please explain why :-) > ...and we've talked about the Ogg Vorbis version before :-) > Please do feel free to grab the MP3 and encode and make it available in any > format you'd like! We did talk about this before, but you did not reply to my last email about this topic, so I consider it unresolved. I've appended it and look forward to your response :-) Also, checking http://blip.tv/file/339619 now, I see it is still Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs - which prohibits re-encoding. Please update this. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dave Crossland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 29 Aug 2007 22:05 Subject: Re: [backstage] Latest Podcast - Edinburgh TV Unfestival - Is TV Dead? To: Matthew Cashmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On 28/08/2007, Matthew Cashmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey dude - actually only the first one was converted to ogg - the rest have > just been MP3 The second was also ogg - http://cubicgarden.blip.tv/file/330803/ - as are most audio things that Ian puts out personally, afaik > more than happy for people to take the files and convert > them to what-ever format they'd like and then post them up somewhere like > blip.tv or where-ever. The problem with most other formats is that they are patent restricted. The software idea patent system need to be abolished, and until it is, anyone who supports open innovation needs to support patent unemcumbered media formats such as those written by the Xiph Foundation. If Backstage is to champion open innovation at the BBC effectively, it is important that it supports unrestricted media codecs. Therefore it is important that Backstage publish ogg theora audio officially. > It's just the first podcast had so few downloads of the ogg format that I > decided the best thing to do was put it out in the most popular format Is popularity more important than principle? > supported by a licence that allowed people to take it and re-encode it and > then make that version public again... Part of the community.... http://blip.tv/file/339619 is Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs which prohibits re-encoding, although I assume this is a mistake. > Otherwise I could spend all afternoon converting to formats people would > like! The issue isn't converting to user-requested formats, since with the right license in place they can take care of themselves; the issue is resolving the software idea patent problem - so people can actually do that conversion without legal risk. -- Regards, Dave - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
