On Nov 14, 2007 7:52 PM, Fred Beneson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think WITNESS is a good example of this... Their default license is > BY-NC. >
Yup, if only all non-profits could have Joi Ito on their board. ;) Btw, I couldn't actually find a license for witness.org, but I think you're talking about the default license for their new user-uploaded video site called "The Hub." > > I work with a lot of non-profits who like the idea of CC but honestly > don't have the time or resources to convert their content to it. Isn't it > easy to cc license work, isn't that the point?, you may ask. > > Good question, but most nonprofits don't have in house lawyers and the > ones they work with are on borrowed/probono time and its too precious to > determine whether they have the proper rights to release their old content > under cc (think copyright fraud). The trick I've found is to offer your time > (see my work with rhizome.org this summer) to help them do it right rather > than demand for them to do it for you. > > But on the other hand, it may just require a generational shift in the > management of these nonprofits. A lot of them are run by dedicated lifers > who are not as comfortable with the Internet as we might be. > > Just remember, volunteering for a cash and time strapped non profit can go > a long way in convincing them of the benefits of free culture. > > F > > On Nov 14, 2007, at 7:31 PM, "William Norton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > That's a really good point. It makes a lot of sense to advocate CC in the > non-profit arena. It's just so much of a shift for commercial organizations > to understand how to use CC compared to ARR. I imagine CC would be much > more successful if it could gain a large foothold with non-profits such that > proprietary groups can see the kind of audiences that can be explored by > loosening their control. This would also give CC more of an opportunity to > experiment with new flavors to work more effectively for the commercial > sector. > > ---- > Wm > > > On Nov 14, 2007 5:49 PM, Brian Rowe < <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > There are a lot of public interest organizations that are using All > > Rights Reserved when they really want their message to get out to as many > > people as possible. I think that engaging non-profits and educating them > > about the advantages of using CC would be a good idea for SFFC. > > > > I am running a panel on nonprofit copyright in New Orleans this coming > > March for NTEN's Nonprofit Technology Conference. I may be looking for > > additional speakers. > > > > Brian Rowe > > 2L Seattle University > > > > > > On Nov 14, 2007 1:27 PM, Elizabeth Stark < <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > "(c) ACLU, 125 Broad Street, 18th Floor New York, NY 1000" > > > > > > First, we need to get the ACLU to start using CC licenses. Second, we > > > need to get documentarians and public TV to use them as well, so that > > > more people can have access to the work they create and broadcast. > > > > > > Then this might be actually be related to FC. ;) > > > > > > On 11/14/07, William Norton < <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Under this sort of reasoning almost any educational or First > > > Amendment issue > > > > could be grouped under the Free Culture category. I can't imagine > > > it would > > > > be useful to have such a broad mission for this organization. The > > > NOVA > > > > special was very interesting, though. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Nov 12, 2007 7:25 PM, Peter Olson < <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 7:48 PM -0500 11/12/07, Fred Benenson wrote: > > > > > >Hi, I know this seems like something most people on this list > > > might > > > > > >be interested in, but it's really not on topic with respect to > > > Free > > > > > >Culture, so it's really not appropriate for this list. > > > > > > > > > > > >Hope you understand & Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > >Fred > > > > > > > > > > I understand that it's borderline, and has an argument against it > > > that it > > > > > could start an argument about the merits of ID, which definitely > > > would be > > > > > off-topic. > > > > > > > > > > But consider the situation in which you live in a theocracy where > > > > religious > > > > > tenets are deployed routinely to interfere with science. Such > > > theocracies > > > > > exist, but the United States is not one of them. Nevertheless, > > > for > > > > someone > > > > > in that situation interference with science in this fashion is as > > > much a > > > > free > > > > > culture issue as open access to knowledge. > > > > > > > > > > (I will now step off my soapbox :-) > > > > > > > > > > peter > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Discuss mailing list > > > > > <[email protected]>[email protected] > > > > > <http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss> > > > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Discuss mailing list > > > > <[email protected]>[email protected] > > > > <http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss> > > > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Discuss mailing list > > > <[email protected]>[email protected] > > > <http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss> > > > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Brian Rowe > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > (206) 335-8577 (Cell) > > > > Access To Justice Technology Principles > > <http://www.atjweb.org/>www.ATJWeb.org > > > > Freedom for IP > > <http://www.freedomforip.org/>www.FreedomforIP.org > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > <[email protected]>[email protected] > > <http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss> > > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >
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