The following are my notes for an IdeasFactory panel discussion in Inverness, with Adam Gee.
Main discusson points
Collaborative media projects are not just to reduce production overheads - they are to generate media that you could not achieve on you own. Therefore - these types of projects store large amounts of value, which is equally reusable. The users create resources as media.
Collaboration vs self promotion
- Myspace vs Wiki Farms
- YouTube video responses
- Flickr groups
Understand licences
What they are for:-
Enabling you to identify your production
Enabling you to share you productions
Creative Commons explaination video
What thay are not for:-
Protecting your work
Collecting royalities
Examples of collaboration projects
Ranging from technology to media, commercial to hobby/project
Substanable models
RedHat
Linus Distros (Pure Dyne)
Scotland Flickr Blog
Remix Reading
Others:-
- mixter
- ourmedia
- Remix Reading
- open clipart
- wikimedia commons
- wikipedia
- open gaming licence
- Dungeons and Dragons (compare with the Lost TV series)
Blogs
Non Sunstainable models
Further Information
Books
Online
Creative Commons - licences for media productions
OpenBusiness - good source of commercial collaboration projects and ideas
[http://www.robmyers.com/blog] - good blog on Free Culture commentry
http://www.robmyers.org/wiki/index.php/Free_Culture_Repositories
http://www.robmyers.org/wiki/index.php/Online_Collaboration
http://www.robmyers.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Movies
Elephants Dream - Youtube link
swarm of angels
