Discussion of all things related to Public Domain

[tom poe <tompoe AT amihost.com>]

Hi, Francis:  The newsletter was started, just because we needed to
start.  It's not formalized in any way, at this point.  If you wander
through the mailing list archive, you'll see very little, if any,
comments or reaction to it, in its present configuration.

The community_studios mailing list:  Many months ago, I did take a look
at the membership list, and recognized very few, if any, of about 30
members.  I haven't looked at it since.  I have no idea what the
readership/subscriber base might be at this time.

Published guidelines:  If anyone has a model we can follow for creating
such a document, speak up.  The newsletter is one year old, time to move
forward, eh?

Who's in charge:  I've been doing the newsletter since its' inception. 
The decision on who's in charge for the next stage is wide open.  Using
email and the web site permissions lets anyone, that wants to take a
shot at building the newsletter beyond what it is now, be able to handle
things neatly.  Any volunteers?  

Preaching to the choir:  That isn't really an issue.  The newsletter is
available to all, and, the Internet prevents such results.  Unlike
conferences, and such, where the choir shows up, the preaching takes
place, and the choir leaves, doesn't really happen with newsletters,
does it?  I'm a recipient of a couple of email lists that relies on
"forwarded emails" to spread the word.  It seems like a "preaching to
the choir" thingy to me.  I don't equate such lists with newsletters,
although I could be missing the point, entirely.

Let's get some feedback on this, and move to the next step.

Thanks,
Tom

On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 18:34, Francis Brock wrote:
> Hi Tom,
> 
> Some questions and suggestions concerning the newsletter.
> (I haven't check and some of this may be available on line)
> 
> I'm interested in knowing if we have published guidelines for the
> newsletter. Who has editorial responsibility for content accuracy and
> length? I think that there should be a direct statement of editorial content
> when it's specifically an opinion or point of view.  (OpEd)
> 
> By publishing guidelines for the newsletter, potential contributors will
> know, in advance, the preferred format and other requirements expected and
> that content may be changed (if indeed it may be) for grammar, spelling,
> length. A deadline should be established to make it into an issue of  the
> newsletter. The newsletter should be published on the same day (relative)
> every - week, month? Which ever makes sense.
> 
> It may be argued that it's to early to impose that kind of editorial
> structure to the newsletter except that having those things spelled out will
> lend creditability to the information and opinions expressed.
> 
> Articles of a technical or research nature should include facts and
> references.
> I think having articles that  illuminate the missions topics and educate and
> enlighten subscribers about the issues surrounding community based
> recording, the copyright laws, open source, artists rights, etc. Can have a
> strong impact.
> Letters to the editor should allow the free expression of points of view.
> The newsletter should be available on line, also. Articles should be
> printable.
> 
> I'm certainly interested in writing but I'd like to get a feel for it,
> first. I may be able to pick up a technical article or two. I might have an
> impassioned statement with an opinion to express. Although, I may be
> preaching to the choir.
> 
> What kind of readership/subscriber base do we have? How strong a membership?
> 
> Peace and Music,
> 
> Francis
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "tom poe" <tompoe AT amihost.com>
> To: "Community Studios" <community_studios AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 1:32 AM
> Subject: [Community_studios] Newsletter Issue #9: September, 2004
> 
> 
> OPEN STUDIOS: RUNNING BOARD
> 
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> "Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence."  -- Who said that?
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> here.  It's a good way for collecting an archive you can refer to when
> you need it as part of your Internet business strategies.
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> http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=musicNews&storyID=5879441
> Musical All-Stars Unite for Anti-Bush Tour
> Thu Aug 5, 2004 02:53 AM ET
>  By Brooks Boliek
> 
>  The Vote for Change Tour will include such stars as Bruce Springsteen
> and the E Street Band, Dave Matthews Band, Pearl Jam and the Dixie
> Chicks, with stops in the so-called "battleground states" of Ohio, North
> Carolina, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Michigan, Iowa, Florida, Wisconsin and
> Minnesota.
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> http://www.reason.com/0408/fe.bd.john.shtml
> August/September 2004
> John Perry Barlow 2.0
> The Thomas Jefferson of cyberspace reinvents his body -- and his
> politics.
> Interviewed by Brian Doherty
> 
> Copyright and intellectual property are the most important issues now.
> If you don't have something that assures fair use, then you don't have a
> free society. If all ideas have to be bought, then you have an
> intellectually regressive system that will assure you have a highly
> knowledgeable elite and an ignorant mass.
> - - -
> http://www.caledonianrecord.com/pages/top_news/story/989ca550e
> Roads Turn Into Mud Bogs At Fest
> BY GARY E. LINDSLEY, Staff Writer
> Saturday August 14, 2004
> 
> COVENTRY VERMONT
> Two days of hard rain have left the grounds and roads of the Phish
> farewell festival a sea of mud bogs.
> - - -
> http://www.freepress.net/news/4323
> Copyright crusaders hit schools
> 
> "Any education program that comes from [the content industry] is
> inherently going to be biased."
> >From Wired.com, August 13, 2004
> By Katie Dean
> 
> The ALA sees a need for this because materials offered by groups like
> the Business Software Alliance and the Motion Picture Association of
> America are designed to influence kids with one-sided information, said
> Rick Weingarten, director of information technology policy for the ALA.
> Topics like "fair use" - the right to use copyright material without the
> owner's permission, a key concept in American law that
> intellectual-property experts say leads to innovation - are not
> adequately addressed.
> 
> "There is certainly concern about the fact that when the content
> industry talks about copyright and young people in the same sentence,
> they are either calling them all crooks or they are making claims for
> copyright that far exceed what copyright is all about," Weingarten said.
> "Any education program that comes from that source is inherently going
> to be biased."
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> http://news.findlaw.com/ap/e/1403/8-20-2004/20040820051503_32.html
> Friday, Aug. 20, 2004
> More Musicians Trying to Unseat Bush
> 
> NEW YORK (AP) - The coalition of the willing-to-rock is growing. Sheryl
> Crow, Jack Johnson and Crosby, Stills & Nash have joined the nearly 20
> other musicians trying to unseat President Bush in November.
> - - -
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/25/doj_goes_after_filetraders/
> US DoJ searches homes of P2P evil doers
> By Ashlee Vance in Chicago
> Published Wednesday 25th August 2004 20:36 GMT
> 
> "When online thieves illegally distribute copyrighted programs and
> products, they put the livelihoods of millions of hard-working Americans
> at risk and damage our economy," Ashcroft said. "The Department of
> Justice is committed to enforcing intellectual property laws, and we
> will pursue those who steal copyrighted materials even when they try to
> hide behind the false anonymity of peer-to-peer networks."
> 
> It's unclear what false anonymity means or if Ashcroft consulted the
> higher power before using that phrase.
> - - -
> http://news.findlaw.com/ap/f/1310/8-26-2004/20040826080008_13.html
> Thursday, Aug. 26, 2004
> Japanese Music Companies Are Raided
> 
> TOKYO (AP) - Japan's anti-monopoly agency raided several top record
> companies Thursday on suspicion they illegally blocked other firms from
> offering music ringtone services to mobile phone users.
> 
> Fair Trade Commission official Toshihiko Oizumi said investigators
> suspect more than 10 companies violated Japan's fair trade laws by
> preventing the Japanese mobile phone operators from offering the
> service.
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> 
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