Developer discussion for Creative Commons technology and tools

["Victor Stone" <fourstones.net AT gmail.com>]

On 8/22/06, John-Paul Arp <jp AT ci-fi.org> wrote:
> Here I am assuming that ccMixter intends to be a ccHost music hub. But
> if not, I was thinking  there could be (for example) a Canada ccHost
> site, a New Brunswick ccHost site, and a Fredericton ccHost site that
> form a hierarchy, and automatically and logically synergize content.

ccMixter's goal is not be a hub, just another place where remixes
happen and be just another example of ccHost's overall goal

http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CcHost#Goal

We see every ccHost installation as part of a larger web of content,
not the top of mirrored hierarchy. We handle cross domain attribution
using the sample API.

http://ccmixter.org/freesound

as an example.

Install ccHost and point to ccMixter, Freesound as a sample pool and
you are connected.

Peace,
VS

> co-operative in my home town (Fredericton New Brunswick Canada), and I
> plan to use ccHost to allow local artists and journalists to host
> cc-licensed content. I am also a computer science masters student that
> runs a free / open source software club, and I would really like to
> contribute to this project (ccHost).
>
> What I would like to ask you all about, is integrating my (and other)
> local ccHost site, with the a centralized site ccMixter, such that:
> -all music content on my local sight is mirrored on ccMixter, and
> -all content on ccMixter that is tagged as originating from my home
> town is archived locally.
>
>
> I think this kind of integration would provide the following benefits:
>
> 1. The main benefit would be that it provides a means for establishing
> a local character and community roots to the Creative Commons
> movement.
> 2. Conversely, hosting content produced locally on ccMixter would give
> it a wider audience.
> 3. Data redundancy: if ccMixter was to suffer some tragedy, our
> community would retain its culture. Conversely if my home town were to
> suffer some tragedy, then, at least part of our culture would be
> preserved at ccMixter or archive.org).
>
> I think this could be accomplished by:
> 1. Using a unique tag that signifies that the file originated from a locality.
> 2. Having the local site subscribe to a feed from ccMixter and add
> locally labeled content that is not already in our database.
> 3. Having ccMixter subscribe to my local site, such that it receives
> all our music files.
>
> One problem I can see with this, is that remixes produced elsewhere
> would maintain our local tag, and it would be good to distinguish
> between music that was produced locally, from music that was made
> elsewhere, but with samples that were produced locally.
>
> Perhaps, there could be another field, besides the tag, that indicates
> the originating ccHost site(s).
>
> Note that though the application I am talking about is integrating a
> local hub with a centralized hub, this could be equally useful for
> integrating genre hubs (for example) with a central node.
>
> I hope you find these proposals interesting. As I mentioned, if there
> was interest in pursuing this kind of integration, I would be
> interested in helping out with the development.
>
> Regards,
> John-Paul
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