Hi everbody first of all my thoughts go to all our friends fighting for freedom right now in the Arab world...Bahrainis, Libyans, Algerians, Moroccans, etc that have been protesting in the past days for their rights, many of them unfortunately loosing their lives in this fight..
I know that each of us is, to some extent, very busy trying to cover/ report/pass information/call people/get news etc...staying informed and participating in the information sharing is one of the most important things we can do right now Every kind of content (videos, pics, blog posts etc) that concerns the current situation in the Arab world and what is happening in different countries is very much key for all of us, to stay informed and circulate this content to other people in order to keep the world informed, updated and focused on the Region latest developments Circulating content that is to be re-published and translated by others is key, now more than ever. And, at the end of the day, CC licenses are made because of this very reason: sharing information, and in time of crisis more than ever, information should be shared and circulated. I saw Al Jazeera CC footage on Italian public TV more than once: this was possible because of the availability of the footage in the repository, broadcast quality and free to be taken, translated, re- mixed, re-broadcasted We know that there are many other people producing content under CC that is easy for others to share, remix, translate, re-publish. Global Voices (http://globalvoices/org) is a great example, and their updates from the Arab region are a fantastic resource to understand what`s going on As you know, few months ago we opened a website for CC communities in the Arab world http://arabic.creativecommons.org/ This website has been updated for a while by Bassel and myself, but a collective regional website needs everybody to contribute, not just two people It needs contents, not just announcements It needs a collective value, that only you guys and girls can add And this is an extremely important situation for all of us. It would be great if the CC Arab website could become a repository of CC licensed information (blogs, videos, pics etc) coming from the Region which can update people on the current situation of so many different countries involved Probably you dont need to write new things, just forward us the link to your blogs, videos, pics published under CC. For example, I have a blog myself, published under CC BY SA, where I`m trying to post on a daily basis http://mediaoriente.com ..I guess many of you have too.. I guess if all of you do the same, by sending our updated content, we can make CC Arab world a useful resource for many, a place to visit to find updated content on the current situation in the Region that can clearly be shared, re-distributed etc Please join this effort, and join asap Basel pls add any other thing you can need in order to update the content on the website. If you need also an hand to redesign the site a bit, pls let us know immediately, I guess some people volunteered once to assist in this matter The site, as you know is both in Arabic and in English. At a later stage we can try to translate the Arabic one in English in order to better circulate it internationally but, for the time being, let`s just build the site with the two languages asap Hope everybody in this community would like to contribute to this and urgently, too thanks so much all the best dona -- لقد تلقيت هذه الرسالة لأنك مشترك في المجموعة "CC Arab World المشاع الإبداعي" من مجموعات Google. للنشر في هذه المجموعة، أرسل بريدًا إلكترونيًا إلى [email protected] لإلغاء اشتراكك في هذه المجموعة، أرسل رسالة إلكترونية إلى [email protected]. للحصول على مزيد من الخيارات، يمكنك الانتقال إلى هذه المجموعة على العنوان http://groups.google.com/group/cc-arab-world?hl=ar.
