[cc-au] Creative Commons on ABC Pool

Jessica Coates j2.coates at qut.edu.au
Fri Aug 22 04:18:43 EDT 2008


Those interested in participatory and experimental media will be excited by the ABC's launch this week of Pool (http://www.pool.org.au) - a CC-friendly social media site aimed at the artistic and remix community.

Pool has a big focus on sharing, and offers the full suite of CC licences for uploaders. After a casual (and completely non-scientific) count, it looks like a good portion, if not most, of the works being uploaded to the site are under CC licences. And some of them are absolute rippers - like Red Thread<http://www.pool.org.au/video/huni_bolliger/the_red_thread>, Huni Bolliger<http://www.pool.org.au/users/huni_bolliger>'s moving animation for her father who is suffering from dementia. Or the fabulous series of bird call recordings uploaded for remixing by Jane Ulman<http://www.pool.org.au/users/jane_ulman>. Or the film theory essay,
Text: Transcendental Style and the Poetics of Tsai Ming-liang<http://www.pool.org.au/text/tim_dodds/transcendental_style_and_the_poetics_of_tsai_ming_liang> by Tim Dodds<http://www.pool.org.au/users/tim_dodds>, which has been remixed into a poem, Text: the moment of absurd transcendental mundanity<http://www.pool.org.au/text/don_cameron/the_moment_of_absurd_transcendental_mundanity> by Don Cameron<http://www.pool.org.au/users/don_cameron>. The list goes on and on.

You can find Pool's official press release here: http://abc.net.au/corp/pubs/media/s2343061.htm
CCau's full posting about Pool is here: http://creativecommons.org.au/node/184
Or listen to the Media Report interview with Pool Executive Producer, Sherre Delys, where she discusses their decision to go with CC licensing: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/mediareport/stories/2008/2342255.htm


Jessica Coates
Project Manager
Creative Commons Clinic
Queensland University of Technology

ph: 07 3138 8301
fax: 07 3138 9598
email: j2.coates at qut.edu.au

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