[cc-presslist] NEW WEBSITE PUTS 2004 CAMPAIGN MEDIA IN THE PEOPLE'S
HANDS
Glenn Otis Brown
glenn at creativecommons.org
Mon Oct 18 13:49:05 EDT 2004
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NEW WEBSITE PUTS 2004 CAMPAIGN MEDIA IN THE PEOPLE'S HANDS
P2P-Politics.org lets friends and colleagues share political videos
with just a click, thanks to Creative Commons copyright licensing
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA -- October 17, 2004 -- A new people-to-people
website, P2P-Politics.org, today announced a free service for sharing
political expression online. The site enables anyone to select from a
menu of video clips the ones that best express their view of the U.S.
presidential elections, and then email links to those clips, along with
a personalized message, to friends, family, and colleagues. Like a
cross between an online greeting-card service and a gallery of campaign
advertisements, P2P-Politics.org makes everyday people broadcasters of
political expression from across the spectrum.
The site launched today with 150 clips from MoveOn.org’s
"Bush-in-30-Seconds" contest. Because all entries to that contest are
under Creative Commons “some rights reserved” copyright licenses, their
reuse on P2P-Politics.org did not require the cumbersome process of
rights-clearance.
The site invites anyone to upload their own video clip, and it has
invited the Bush, Kerry, and Nader campaigns to contribute content to
be shared. So far, only the Kerry campaign has responded favorably to
the invitation, but organizers are optimistic that the other campaigns
will participate as well.
“Political ads have one purpose,” said Lawrence Lessig, chairman of
Creative Commons. “That is to elect the candidate they support. With
just over two weeks to go, we expect the campaigns will be eager to
help their supporters get the message out.”
The ads are hosted by the Internet Archive, which hosts and serves
files of any size at no charge -- provided they are under Creative
Commons licenses. P2P-Politics will curate content to assure its
appropriateness, and no content will be posted without the authority of
its copyright owner.
The site was built by volunteers responding to a weblog post earlier
this month. It was designed by J Christopher Garcia and Aaron Swartz.
It will be supported through the election; afterwards, all content will
remain at the Internet Archive.
<http://p2p-politics.org>
About Creative Commons
A 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in early 2002, Creative Commons promotes
the creative re-use of intellectual and artistic works — whether owned
or in the public domain — by empowering authors and audiences. It is
sustained by the generous support of the Center for the Public Domain,
the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Omidyar Network
Fund, and the Hewlett Foundation.
For general information, visit <http://creativecommons.org>.
About the Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) public nonprofit that was founded
to build an “Internet library,” with the purpose of offering permanent
access for researchers, historians, and scholars to historical
collections that exist in digital format. Founded in 1996 and located
in the Presidio of San Francisco, the Archive has been receiving data
donations from Alexa Internet and others. In late 1999, the
organization started to grow to build more well rounded collections,
like its Open Source Music and Open Source Movies catalogs.
For more information, visit <http://archive.org>.
Contact
Glenn Otis Brown
Executive Director
Creative Commons
glenn at creativecommons.org
+1.415.336.1433
Press Kit
http://creativecommons.org/presskit/
Glenn Otis Brown
Executive Director
Creative Commons
glenn at creativecommons.org
+1.415.946.3065 (telephone)
+1.415.336.1433 (mobile)
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