On Tue, 2006-08-22 at 11:31 -0700, Victor Stone wrote: > On 8/22/06, John-Paul Arp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here I am assuming that ccMixter intends to be a ccHost music hub. But > > if not, I was thinking there could be (for example) a Canada ccHost > > site, a New Brunswick ccHost site, and a Fredericton ccHost site that > > form a hierarchy, and automatically and logically synergize content. > > ccMixter's goal is not be a hub, just another place where remixes > happen and be just another example of ccHost's overall goal
Excctly, John-Paul, it would be great for you to make your own ccHost site that hosts music...The thinking is to have a distributed network of media sites that can all connect together...so ccmixter.org is just one of those... :) Jon > http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CcHost#Goal > > We see every ccHost installation as part of a larger web of content, > not the top of mirrored hierarchy. We handle cross domain attribution > using the sample API. > > http://ccmixter.org/freesound > > as an example. > > Install ccHost and point to ccMixter, Freesound as a sample pool and > you are connected. > > Peace, > VS > > > co-operative in my home town (Fredericton New Brunswick Canada), and I > > plan to use ccHost to allow local artists and journalists to host > > cc-licensed content. I am also a computer science masters student that > > runs a free / open source software club, and I would really like to > > contribute to this project (ccHost). > > > > What I would like to ask you all about, is integrating my (and other) > > local ccHost site, with the a centralized site ccMixter, such that: > > -all music content on my local sight is mirrored on ccMixter, and > > -all content on ccMixter that is tagged as originating from my home > > town is archived locally. > > > > > > I think this kind of integration would provide the following benefits: > > > > 1. The main benefit would be that it provides a means for establishing > > a local character and community roots to the Creative Commons > > movement. > > 2. Conversely, hosting content produced locally on ccMixter would give > > it a wider audience. > > 3. Data redundancy: if ccMixter was to suffer some tragedy, our > > community would retain its culture. Conversely if my home town were to > > suffer some tragedy, then, at least part of our culture would be > > preserved at ccMixter or archive.org). > > > > I think this could be accomplished by: > > 1. Using a unique tag that signifies that the file originated from a > > locality. > > 2. Having the local site subscribe to a feed from ccMixter and add > > locally labeled content that is not already in our database. > > 3. Having ccMixter subscribe to my local site, such that it receives > > all our music files. > > > > One problem I can see with this, is that remixes produced elsewhere > > would maintain our local tag, and it would be good to distinguish > > between music that was produced locally, from music that was made > > elsewhere, but with samples that were produced locally. > > > > Perhaps, there could be another field, besides the tag, that indicates > > the originating ccHost site(s). > > > > Note that though the application I am talking about is integrating a > > local hub with a centralized hub, this could be equally useful for > > integrating genre hubs (for example) with a central node. > > > > I hope you find these proposals interesting. As I mentioned, if there > > was interest in pursuing this kind of integration, I would be > > interested in helping out with the development. > > > > Regards, > > John-Paul > > _______________________________________________ > > cc-devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-devel > > > _______________________________________________ > cc-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-devel > -- Jon Phillips San Francisco, CA USA PH 510.499.0894 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rejon.org MSN, AIM, Yahoo Chat: kidproto Jabber Chat: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IRC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Inkscape (http://inkscape.org) Open Clip Art Library (www.openclipart.org) Creative Commons (www.creativecommons.org) San Francisco Art Institute (www.sfai.edu) _______________________________________________ cc-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-devel
