An excellent point again Chad and I agree. However, I think this is a very important topic museums should consider and worthy of discussion. On my site and biz, museums and non museum people have been uploading museum media content since 2005, see link: http://bit.ly/museumpods and is one of the largest aggregate repositories of museum media in the world, and I would guess at least 95% of all the media is not Copyrighted or Creative Commons licensed.
An interesting hypothetical situation is if started making mobile apps using all the content and charging for them while museum servers are streaming the media, and let's say I started making big profits from the apps --don't you think museums might get upset? I realize today I asked for participants and is a different situation but do I need to ask if app distribution platforms, framework, and service is enough of a 'valuable add' to museums to let me use the free media content as I choose? I don't think some museums would be very pleased with the hypothetical scenario. ...and probably justifiably or maybe not? Is providing the distribution platform enough? Chad Petrovay wrote: >Museum's may be providing the content, but if you are creating the framework >for the application, you are providing a valuable service. Consider that >ArtStor collects content from museums, and charges a considerable sum for >institutions to have access >(http://www.artstor.org/interested-in-participation/i-html/be-museum-fee.shtml), > because they provide the framework and the support. Surely, there is no harm >in charging users a nominal fee for the app. > >You may also want to look into the PhoneGap (http://phonegap.com/) development >tool. > > >Chad Petrovay | Collections Database Administrator >MIM-Musical Instrument Museum | 4725 E. Mayo Boulevard | Phoenix, AZ 85050 >480.478.6000 main | 480.478.6058 direct | 480.471.8690 fax | www.themim.org > > >-----Original Message----- >From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of >MuseumPods >Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 11:09 AM >To: Museum Computer Network Listserv >Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Museum Community iPhone App > >I appreciate the stats and agree. To be honest this is a rather time >consuming and costly venture for me and it is not a revenue stream at >all. I don't think it is ethical for me to $ charge for apps on iTunes >considering museums are providing free content for subscribers. My >only other option is to charge museums a nominal fee to help with >development costs for other apps at some point. I'm really surprised >at the amount of museums that want to participate. > >Chad Petrovay wrote: > > > >>According to Canalys, in 2009 iPhones only had a 15% market share of >>smartphones. I hope that your platform will expand to include additional >>mobile OS's like Sybian (47% m/s), RIM (21% m/s), or Android (5% m/s and >>growing). >> >>(Source of data http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone, >>http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/02/apples-smart-phone-market-share-dips-despite-strong-sales.ars, >> >>http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/googles-android-is-quickly-gaining-smartphone-market-share/19353103/) >> >> >>Chad Petrovay | Collections Database Administrator >>MIM-Musical Instrument Museum | 4725 E. Mayo Boulevard | Phoenix, AZ 85050 >>480.478.6000 main | 480.478.6058 direct | 480.471.8690 fax | www.themim.org >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of >>MuseumPods >>Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 8:48 AM >>To: Museum Computer Network Listserv >>Subject: [MCN-L] Museum Community iPhone App >> >>Hello, >> >><> >>I am looking for some museums interested in participating in a museum >>community based iPhone app. It will allow multiple museums to upload >>content from a variety of social platforms. The app will be a free >>download application for iPhone users in the iTunes app store. <> >> >>Please complete this short form if you might be interested in >>participating at: http://bit.ly/iphone-app-museums <> >> >>Thanks, <> >>Kurt Stuchell >>MuseumPods >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer >>Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >> >>To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >> >>To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >>http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >> >>The MCN-L archives can be found at: >>http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ >>_______________________________________________ >>You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer >>Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >> >>To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >> >>To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >>http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >> >>The MCN-L archives can be found at: >>http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ >> >> >> >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer >Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > >To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > >To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > >The MCN-L archives can be found at: >http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ >_______________________________________________ >You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer >Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > >To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > >To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > >The MCN-L archives can be found at: >http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ > > >
