[Re: libreplanet-discuss Digest, Vol 72, Issue 24] Looks like yet another ploy by the misled. I wonder how aware the ACLU is with Eben Moglen. I'm pretty sure Eben is probably aware of this type of scheme. Maybe an open letter appeal to the creators of the site to improve the accessibility of the site would be in order? Just a thought. -- tractorcq libreplanet.org
On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 11:00 AM, < [email protected]> wrote: > Send libreplanet-discuss mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of libreplanet-discuss digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Asks Public to Submit Videos for > Project on Tech and Democracy (Aaron Wolf) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 08:43:10 -0800 > From: Aaron Wolf <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Joseph Gordon-Levitt Asks Public to > Submit Videos for Project on Tech and Democracy > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > On 02/08/2016 12:34 AM, Fabio Pesari wrote: > > > https://www.aclu.org/news/joseph-gordon-levitt-asks-public-submit-videos-project-tech-and-democracy > > > >> Actor and filmmaker Joseph Gordon-Levitt launched a new > >> community-sourced video project today with his production > >> company hitRECord and the American Civil Liberties Union, > >> putting out a call for people to submit videos with their > >> takes on the connections between technology and democracy. > >> The submissions will be used for a series of collaborative > >> short films about the subject. > > > > https://hitrecord.org/AreYouThereDemocracy > > > > The site requires nonfree JavaScript already and accepts only Chrome and > > Safari as user agents, so that's not a good start, however JGL is a huge > > Hollywood star and I think this is can be an extremely good chance to > > promote free software to the general public. > > > > The "however?" is valid regardless, but besides the nonfree software, > hitrecord is an entire platform dedicated to locking cultural creativity > into a proprietary silo. Instead of using Creative Commons licensing or > something of that ilk, it's an attempt to get tons of creative > collaboration to happen under terms where JGL & co are the only ones > with rights to use the material that all the people are putting together. > > Hitrecord does not claim exclusive rights over each contributors > copyrighted work, but since few of the contributors are using free > licensing, you won't be able to use your own work outside the system > when your work depends on material from others. So, all-in-all it's > tragic for all this community creativity to get limited to this walled > garden. > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > libreplanet-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss > > > End of libreplanet-discuss Digest, Vol 72, Issue 24 > *************************************************** > [image: --]
