Just to let you know, we`re moving this forward with the kind help of Bassel and his team at Aikilab i`m compiling a CC directory for arab each country, i.e. list of CC- licensed blogs, videos,pics, related to the current events happening in the Arab world I can do this alone but your contribution, even on pvt email, by sending me links and websites that I might not know, would be highly appreciated..and together we can do a much better join thanks and salamaat thanks to Bassel and Aikilab for the help on the website dona
On Feb 21, 8:19 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everbody > first of all my thoughts go to all our friends fighting for freedom > right now in the Arab world...Bahrainis, Libyans, Algerians, > Moroccans, etc that have been protesting in the past days for their > rights, many of them unfortunately loosing their lives in this fight.. > > I know that each of us is, to some extent, very busy trying to cover/ > report/pass information/call people/get news etc...staying informed > and participating in the information sharing is one of the most > important things we can do right now > Every kind of content (videos, pics, blog posts etc) that concerns the > current situation in the Arab world and what is happening in different > countries is very much key for all of us, to stay informed and > circulate this content to other people in order to keep the world > informed, updated and focused on the Region latest developments > > Circulating content that is to be re-published and translated by > others is key, now more than ever. And, at the end of the day, CC > licenses are made because of this very reason: sharing information, > and in time of crisis more than ever, information should be shared and > circulated. > I saw Al Jazeera CC footage on Italian public TV more than once: this > was possible because of the availability of the footage in the > repository, broadcast quality and free to be taken, translated, re- > mixed, re-broadcasted > > We know that there are many other people producing content under CC > that is easy for others to share, remix, translate, re-publish. > Global Voices (http://globalvoices/org) is a great example, and their > updates from the Arab region are a fantastic resource to understand > what`s going on > > As you know, few months ago we opened a website for CC communities in > the Arab worldhttp://arabic.creativecommons.org/ > This website has been updated for a while by Bassel and myself, but a > collective regional website needs everybody to contribute, not just > two people > It needs contents, not just announcements > It needs a collective value, that only you guys and girls can add > And this is an extremely important situation for all of us. > It would be great if the CC Arab website could become a repository of > CC licensed information (blogs, videos, pics etc) coming from the > Region which can update people on the current situation of so many > different countries involved > > Probably you dont need to write new things, just forward us the link > to your blogs, videos, pics published under CC. For example, I have a > blog myself, published under CC BY SA, where I`m trying to post on a > daily basishttp://mediaoriente.com..I guess many of you have too.. > I guess if all of you do the same, by sending our updated content, we > can make CC Arab world a useful resource for many, a place to visit to > find updated content on the current situation in the Region that can > clearly be shared, re-distributed etc > > Please join this effort, and join asap > Basel pls add any other thing you can need in order to update the > content on the website. If you need also an hand to redesign the site > a bit, pls let us know immediately, I guess some people volunteered > once to assist in this matter > > The site, as you know is both in Arabic and in English. At a later > stage we can try to translate the Arabic one in English in order to > better circulate it internationally but, for the time being, let`s > just build the site with the two languages asap > > Hope everybody in this community would like to contribute to this and > urgently, too > > thanks so much > all the best > dona -- لقد تلقيت هذه الرسالة لأنك مشترك في المجموعة "CC Arab World المشاع الإبداعي" من مجموعات Google. للنشر في هذه المجموعة، أرسل بريدًا إلكترونيًا إلى [email protected] لإلغاء اشتراكك في هذه المجموعة، أرسل رسالة إلكترونية إلى [email protected]. للحصول على مزيد من الخيارات، يمكنك الانتقال إلى هذه المجموعة على العنوان http://groups.google.com/group/cc-arab-world?hl=ar.
