Win! Maybe it would help if you hosted it in Sweden or somewhere else with weak copyright law.
And I find it funny that all of your websites look the same. Tom On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Nate Otto <otton...@gmail.com> wrote: > I love the idea. However... > > Responding to takedown notices is a good start, but I think you should add > another disclaimer or two, especially on the upload page, saying it's the > user's responsibility to determine that they have the right to upload and > license their recordings to others. I believe many professors would consider > the lectures their IP and would dispute another person's right to place > recordings of them them under a Creative Commons license. > > -Nate > http://ottonomy.net > @ottonomy > > On Sep 7, 2011 9:58 AM, "Rich Jones" <miser...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello, all! >> >> I'm writing to you today to announce LectureLeaks, our new platform >> for recording and sharing your university lectures. We have released >> two applications, one for Android and one for iPhone, which allow you >> to record your lectures and send them to our website, >> LectureLeaks.com, where anybody can listen to them for free. You can >> also listen to other lectures directly through the app. Oh, and of >> course, all of the applications and the server software are free and >> open source, and the content is Creative-Commons-BY. >> >> You can checkout the website here: http://www.lectureleaks.com >> >> and get the apps here: >> >> https://market.android.com/details?id=org.ale.lectureleaks (Android) >> http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lectureleaks/id460258898?mt=8 (iPhone) >> >> We only put the apps up on Sunday night and we're already receiving a >> lot of content - at this rate, we could quite possibly become the >> largest repository of OpenCourseWare audio within the year. >> >> So we need volunteers! We need people to promote the applications on >> campus and people to help us process all of the audio we're receiving. >> >> LectureLeaks is a really easy and convenient way for people at your >> school to get involved with the OpenCourseWare movement, so maybe you >> could use it as a tool for chapter recruitment! >> >> Questions, comments, concerns? Fire away! >> >> Thanks very much! >> Rich >> >> PS >> >> Below is the press release which we'll be sending out, if you know >> anybody who might be interested, campus newspapers, etc, feel free to >> pass it along! >> >> Cambridge, MA September, 2011 – LectureLeaks.org is pleased to >> announce the premier of its iPhone and Android applications designed >> to help students record and upload their college lectures. A >> collaborative venture between OpenWatch.net and FinalsClub.org, >> LectureLeaks is a 501(c)(3) non-profit open-education project. >> >> Inspired by the popularity of other Open Courseware programs, notably >> those at MIT, Yale, and Berkley, LectureLeaks takes a bottom-up rather >> than top-down approach to the movement by allowing students to engage >> directly in the creation of free educational content. Our tools >> specifically empower forward-thinking scholars to capture and share >> academic knowledge with the world. >> >> The more lectures our users capture, save, and post, the more >> knowledge you (and other curious minds) will be able to stream >> directly to your ear buds. Our mission is to make high quality >> education available to everyone, for free. >> >> Although our applications are an essential first step, they are simply >> tools. The ultimate success of this project relies as much on society >> as technology. In short, we must first shift our perception of >> education from private and privileged to free and open. >> >> Although affirmative for open education, LectureLeaks also protects >> the rights of faculty and students alike. No matter how much >> technology we implement, we will never replace the former or >> jeopardize the latter. Therefore, we maintain the anonymity of every >> contributing user, respond to all legitimate takedown requests, and >> share all recordings under a Creative-Commons Attribution license. >> >> Thank you for helping encourage awareness and adoption of this >> project. For additional information, please contact >> and...@finalsclub.org and r...@anomos.info. >> >> Previous Press for FinalsClub.org & OpenWatch.net >> >> “New Social Software Tries to be the Facebook of Higher Education,” >> Chronicle of Higher Education, October 2010. >> >> http://chronicle.com/article/New-Social-Software-Tries-to/125542/ >> >> “FreeHarvardEducation.com,” The Boston Globe, December 13, 2009. >> >> >> http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/12/13/freeharvardeducationcom/ >> >> "Policing the Police: The Apps That Let You Spy on The Cops," The >> Atlantic, June 23, 2011. >> >> >> http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/06/policing-the-police-the-smartphone-apps-that-let-you-spy-on-cops/240916/ >> >> "OpenWatch Turns Your Smartphone Into A Reverse Surveillance Camera," >> Forbes, June 22, 2011 >> >> >> http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2011/06/22/openwatch-turns-your-smartphone-into-a-reverse-surveillance-camera/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@freeculture.org >> http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@freeculture.org > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@freeculture.org http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss
