I love the idea. However... Responding to takedown notices is a good start, but I think you should add another disclaimer or two, especially on the upload page, saying it's the user's responsibility to determine that they have the right to upload and license their recordings to others. I believe many professors would consider the lectures their IP and would dispute another person's right to place recordings of them them under a Creative Commons license.
-Nate http://ottonomy.net @ottonomy On Sep 7, 2011 9:58 AM, "Rich Jones" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, all! > > I'm writing to you today to announce LectureLeaks, our new platform > for recording and sharing your university lectures. We have released > two applications, one for Android and one for iPhone, which allow you > to record your lectures and send them to our website, > LectureLeaks.com, where anybody can listen to them for free. You can > also listen to other lectures directly through the app. Oh, and of > course, all of the applications and the server software are free and > open source, and the content is Creative-Commons-BY. > > You can checkout the website here: http://www.lectureleaks.com > > and get the apps here: > > https://market.android.com/details?id=org.ale.lectureleaks (Android) > http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lectureleaks/id460258898?mt=8 (iPhone) > > We only put the apps up on Sunday night and we're already receiving a > lot of content - at this rate, we could quite possibly become the > largest repository of OpenCourseWare audio within the year. > > So we need volunteers! We need people to promote the applications on > campus and people to help us process all of the audio we're receiving. > > LectureLeaks is a really easy and convenient way for people at your > school to get involved with the OpenCourseWare movement, so maybe you > could use it as a tool for chapter recruitment! > > Questions, comments, concerns? Fire away! > > Thanks very much! > Rich > > PS > > Below is the press release which we'll be sending out, if you know > anybody who might be interested, campus newspapers, etc, feel free to > pass it along! > > Cambridge, MA September, 2011 – LectureLeaks.org is pleased to > announce the premier of its iPhone and Android applications designed > to help students record and upload their college lectures. A > collaborative venture between OpenWatch.net and FinalsClub.org, > LectureLeaks is a 501(c)(3) non-profit open-education project. > > Inspired by the popularity of other Open Courseware programs, notably > those at MIT, Yale, and Berkley, LectureLeaks takes a bottom-up rather > than top-down approach to the movement by allowing students to engage > directly in the creation of free educational content. Our tools > specifically empower forward-thinking scholars to capture and share > academic knowledge with the world. > > The more lectures our users capture, save, and post, the more > knowledge you (and other curious minds) will be able to stream > directly to your ear buds. Our mission is to make high quality > education available to everyone, for free. > > Although our applications are an essential first step, they are simply > tools. The ultimate success of this project relies as much on society > as technology. In short, we must first shift our perception of > education from private and privileged to free and open. > > Although affirmative for open education, LectureLeaks also protects > the rights of faculty and students alike. No matter how much > technology we implement, we will never replace the former or > jeopardize the latter. Therefore, we maintain the anonymity of every > contributing user, respond to all legitimate takedown requests, and > share all recordings under a Creative-Commons Attribution license. > > Thank you for helping encourage awareness and adoption of this > project. For additional information, please contact > [email protected] and [email protected]. > > Previous Press for FinalsClub.org & OpenWatch.net > > “New Social Software Tries to be the Facebook of Higher Education,” > Chronicle of Higher Education, October 2010. > > http://chronicle.com/article/New-Social-Software-Tries-to/125542/ > > “FreeHarvardEducation.com,” The Boston Globe, December 13, 2009. > > http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/12/13/freeharvardeducationcom/ > > "Policing the Police: The Apps That Let You Spy on The Cops," The > Atlantic, June 23, 2011. > > http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/06/policing-the-police-the-smartphone-apps-that-let-you-spy-on-cops/240916/ > > "OpenWatch Turns Your Smartphone Into A Reverse Surveillance Camera," > Forbes, June 22, 2011 > > http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2011/06/22/openwatch-turns-your-smartphone-into-a-reverse-surveillance-camera/ > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss
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