First off, this is pretty much the most kickass thing I've seen on the FC front lately. Maybe it'd be cool to have the channel give a feed of the conference events in October? Thoughts?
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 11:25 PM, Parker Higgins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everybody! It's me, from the post! > > I also wanted to mention how lucky I've been to get some coverage from some > blogs I really dig, and to thank them. Here we are getting mentioned on > Creative Commons blog: > > http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8519 > > And here on bOINGbOING: > > http://www.boingboing.net/2008/07/26/freeculture-tv-and-y.html > > Ok, I've said my piece, carry on :). > > Parker > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 11:15 PM, FreeCulture.org - Students for Free > Culture <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Writes parkerhiggins on our blog: >> >> Hello, I'm Parker Higgins, I'm a member of [Free Culture @ NYU][1] and >> on the summer team at [the Participatory Culture Foundation][2]. Last >> week, with the help of many of my friends in both organizations, I >> launched two new video podcast feeds optimized for PCF's [Miro][3], the >> awesome open source video player and subscription manager. (RSS feeds >> are available of course, but the enclosures are a mix of video files and >> .torrent files.) >> >> The two new channels should be of interest to readers of this blog: one >> is called [Free Culture TV][4], and it contains videos about free >> culture, or of particular relevance to members of the free culture >> community. There is a list of the videos on the channel's [Miro Guide >> page][5], and I plan on adding many more in the coming weeks. >> >> The second channel is called [Yes, We're Open! Free Movies, Music Videos >> and TV][6] and is meant for all sorts of openly licensed entertainment. >> As the name suggests, this includes everything from very short clips to >> feature length movies and documentaries, as long as it's been released >> under an open license. Again, [the Miro Guide page][7] has more >> information. >> >> So here comes the pitch: I want all the help I can get with these. If >> you know of something really great that's not on here yet, chances are >> I've just missed it, and I'd love to include it. You can e-mail me at >> parker [at] pculture [dot] org and I'll get right back to you. >> Currently, I don't have plans to create original content for either >> channel, but if anybody expressed interest in making or helping to make >> something, I'd be happy to explore it! >> >> Again, these channels are made for SFC and the free culture community, >> so if there's something you'd like to see on it, please let me know! >> >> [![Yes, We're Open! and Free Culture TV][8]][9] >> >> Yes, We're Open! and Free Culture TV >> >> [1]: http://www.freeculturenyu.org (Free Culture @ NYU) >> >> [2]: http://www.getmiro.com/about/#summerteam (Participatory Culture >> Foundation) >> >> [3]: http://www.getmiro.com (Get Miro) >> >> [4]: http://www.freeculture.tv (Free Culture TV) >> >> [5]: https://www.miroguide.com/channels/7407 (FCTV on the Miro Guide) >> >> [6]: http://www.freeculture.tv/yeswereopen (Yes, We're Open!) >> >> [7]: https://www.miroguide.com/channels/7408 (YWO in the Miro Guide) >> >> [8]: http://freeculture.org/wp- >> content/uploads/2008/08/fctvywologos.jpg (fctvywologos) >> >> [9]: http://freeculture.org/wp- >> content/uploads/2008/08/fctvywologos.jpg >> >> URL: >> http://freeculture.org/blog/2008/08/01/free-culture-tv-and-yes-were-open/ >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
