I must apologize for taking so long to post this, but I felt it important to report back to the group on my efforts to get in touch with CreativeCommons.org about the MyHeavy situation.
The synopsis of the e-mail includes: 1- Their suggestion to create a wiki or blog page on the Creative Commons site to clarify the "re-vlogging netiquette" (for CC licenses); 2- Drawing our attention to a page they've already created about best practices in marking work: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Marking_work I think the first suggestion is a good one and we can all link to the wiki/blog page once we've all collaborated on clarifying "re-vlogging netiquette". The second suggestion is also smart, but I find the page to be incomplete. I know that Rudy and I for one do not want to use the PNG image provided to mark our work... we made a conscious decision not to use the image for last week's show. Perhaps we can talk to CC and see if there is a basic info that we SHOULD include in our videos without using that specific image. I will copy this message to Mia from Creative Commons so she can follow the discussion. Without further ado, here is the full body of the e-mail I received on January 6th for those of you who like to read in full: --- Hey Casey, Just following up on our phone call yesterday. I'm also copying Ryan Junell on this email because is also a member of the videoblogging list and suggested that maybe I get on the list to join in a discussion of the dos and don'ts of using CC-licensed videoblogs. Not sure what you think of this suggestion. I've also copied Jacqueline who is also a member of the community and contacted me about it and Colette Vogele, who I think you or your colleagues have already been in contact with...just trying to bring all the strands together! I did a quick Google search (as you do) and saw this posting (http:// groups.google.co.ke/group/videoblogging/browse_thread/thread/ 98829d66d523d7f5/1395d3313c1c2d3a) that someone was going to meet with a MyHeavy.com rep this coming week...maybe it would be good to have the discussion on the list before then so that people can go to the meetings with good and strong information. I also really like the idea of a re-vlogging netiquette. CC would be happy to post to its blog about this issue and we could also post the re-vlogging netiquette (as it relates to CC licenses) to our wiki (http:// wiki.creativecommons.org/) if you guys thought that was a good idea. We've already tried to start a page about best practices in marking CC licensed videos: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Marking_work. As I discussed, I think in terms of preventing a repeat of this situation that education and information gathering are really important...of course, legal options are always available but they can be very messy, costly and time-consuming and should generally only be used as a last resort. Colette, Ryan and Jacqueline or you may have other suggestions...I'm all ears... Let me know your thoughts. Rgds, Mia --- Best, Casey Casey McKinnon Executive Producer, Galacticast http://www.galacticast.com/
