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Creative Commons Moving Images Winners

Posted by michael on from the kudos-and-salutations dept.

ArcRiley writes "The winners have been announced for the contest that Creative Commons launched last fall to deliver their ``some rights reserved'' message with a short video. Congratulations to Justin Cone, Sheryl Seibert, and Kuba & Alek Tarkowski for their winning videos!"

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  1. Use the source, luke, use the source. by cyt0plas · · Score: 4, Insightful

    A number of the clips use clips from (or at least available in the) Prelinger Archives.

    All of these videos require you to attribute their work should you build on it. It would be nice if they would provide credit to their sources as well (although, as public domain, they are not required to).

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  2. Re:Why did they have to pick share-alike? by qtp · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm a little surprised the contest organizers left the free selection of CC licenses open to the entrants.

    Considering the motivation behind the Creative Commons organisation, I'd be a little surpirised if they didn't.

    Besides, to license the "Mix Tape" video under anything other than a ShareAlike license would have been a little too ironic.

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  3. very cool by sdibb · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I watched both of the movies on their website and I thought they were really cool, and explained things very well. I finally "got it" on a lot of points, as far as the effects of a standard copyright, and the flexibility that a Creative Commons License offers.

    Best of all, now when I explain this stuff to someone else, their eyes won't have to glaze over as I try to extol the merits of free (as in freedom) -- instead I can just say "Here, watch these cool three-minute videos" and that does all the work. :)

  4. Re:Why did they have to pick share-alike? by Stallmanite · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "Since the strongest selling point of the CC system is that there are really sixteen CC licenses that are formed by mixing and matching four binary attributes"

    Actually there are only 11 licenses because some of those binary attributes are incompatible. Like "share-alike", which is what they call copyleft, the "viral" part of the GPL, which forces derivative works to have the same license; and "noDerivs" which forbids derivative works completely.

    If copyleft "infects" derivative works, then noDerivs aborts them. It doesn't make any sense to get upset about one, but not the other, unless you're a troll or just resent the GPL for some reason.

    Their "strongest selling point" can be a weakness because CC licenses are incompatible with each other.

  5. Re:Thanks for the Help by IgnoramusMaximus · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Fuck, man, I just double click the file and it opens.

    No you dont. First you download QuickTime and make sure you got up to date codecs. Then you go clicking on things. The poster above, on the other hand, had all he needed but didnt know how to turn it on. That does not make your environment in any way superior. Just different.

    The mplayer is one of the most sophisticated and powerful media players, capable of playing so many formats on so many devices that it makes Windows based playback tools look silly by comparison. But it does require a bit of know-how.