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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


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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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