On 2008-12-18 13:16, John Pinner wrote: > Hi, > > 2008/12/18 Michael Foord <[email protected]>: >> Ciaran Mooney wrote: >>>> Were there any recordings made at PyCon UK. I know we had plans. >>>> >>> >>>> There were lots of recordings made, whether they are edited and >>>> published yet I am not sure. That is always the problem, time for >>>> editing them. >>>> >>> Yes! The majority of the talks were recorded, and we have permission >>> for most (bar one or two) of them. >>> >>> Again the main problem is getting the things edited, and although I >>> don't do much (just take off bits at the start and finish, and try and >>> improve the sound a little bit) it does take time. Volunteers to help >>> with this would be very much appreciated. >>> >>> Also any ideas that cut-down on the paper work that is required would >>> be plus in my book, because getting explicit permission on the day is >>> awkward and not what comes to sessions chairs mind straight away. >>> Running around afterwards trying to grab various people doesn't work. >>> >>> I'd rather have a list made up before the conference of who did , or >>> didn't, give permission, which ever one is shorter that I can use >>> later on. >>> >> If you're happy with an opt-out check box on the submission form then fine. > > I think that this looks like the best option, and the nearest we have > to a consensus.
+1. BTW: I don't remember who brought up the NDA aspect. That's certainly a silly thing to expect from a community conference - it's not a private show like the Google Tech Talks, where a company wants to keep its internals closed to the public. Just to clarify my position on this: I, for one, do not want my presentations to go up on YouTube, unless I explicitly choose to put them there. Note that this isn't the same as wanting to keep information secret - I've always published my talks and presentations, including videos, but in a way that makes me comfortable. In general, I think the conference organizers owe this little bit of respect to the speakers. They put a lot of work into their talks without getting anything much back. Forcing them to give up rights on their talks in the PyCon US way for the sake of making it easier on the conference organizers is not a fair approach. It's not the organizers giving something to the speakers, it's the speakers giving something to the organizers. I'm glad to see that at least for EuroPython we're not following this approach. Thanks, -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Dec 18 2008) >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ 2008-12-02: Released mxODBC.Connect 1.0.0 http://python.egenix.com/ ::: Try our new mxODBC.Connect Python Database Interface for free ! :::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ _______________________________________________ Europython-improve mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython-improve
