Re: [DDN] As the Internet fragments
WGIG did come up with suggestions for the WSIS delegates to agree on - look at the huge background report at www.wgig.org And the delegates determined to continue the discussion in Greece in November. But there were some agreements in the Tunis document - ITU has agreement on certain issues, ICANN has agreement on others - IG is complex and involves many actors and organisations and regulatory bodies, so there is no way that a single agreement to cooperate in one forum will work to regulate the Internet - thus the IGF. Remember that IG is subject to national laws and cooperation (international and bilateral and other multilateral) agreements already existing - Interpol etc. are the organisations that have to handle Internet cross-border enforcement for illegal activities. WSIS did keep national interest in the Internet alive, so national governments are perfectly within their rights to manage the resources within their own countries. Jacqueline A. Morris On 5/31/06, Taran Rampersad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Norbert Bollow wrote: Taran Rampersad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If there are no agreements to cooperate in regulating the internet, Is there yet any reasonable, well-thought-out proposal on what aspects of the internetshould be regulated, and how? That's what WGIG was supposed to do. But basically they said they would talk about it later, in Greece. Perhaps they wanted a change in menu. :-) I lean toward a technological commons and the regulation being of people. -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago [EMAIL PROTECTED] Looking for contracts/work! http://www.knowprose.com/node/9786 New!: http://www.OpenDepth.com http://www.knowprose.com http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/Taran Pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/knowprose/ Criticize by creating. — Michelangelo ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. -- Jacqueline Morris www.carnivalondenet.com TT Music and videos online ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] As the Internet fragments
There are many. The INternet GOvernance Project (www.internetgovernance.org) has a lot of papers, as does the Circle ID blog site (http://www.circleid.com/) There have been numerous papers published in the past 3 years on the topic. Problem is that no one agrees on a single proposal and how to implement. Jacqueline On 5/29/06, Norbert Bollow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Taran Rampersad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If there are no agreements to cooperate in regulating the internet, Is there yet any reasonable, well-thought-out proposal on what aspects of the internetshould be regulated, and how? then I suppose we should expect fragmentation. That's really a very interesting way to run a 'global village'... :-) Greetings, Norbert. -- Norbert Bollow [EMAIL PROTECTED] IGF delegate of the Swiss Internet Users Group SIUG ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. -- Jacqueline Morris www.carnivalondenet.com TT Music and videos online ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Gender Issues in E-Society - e-discussion
Hi - it's a bit late, but you can still log on and contribute tomorrow. ONLINE DISCUSSION Annamalai University, one of the top ranking Universities in India, is organizing a Conference on Gender Issues in E-Society during December 19-20, 2005 at Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India. The detailed information of the conference is available at our website:www.auwit.com To Join Online Discussion [through Yahoo Messenger] Step 1 : Log on to Yahoo messenger by your yahoo ID Step 2 : Go to 'CONTACTS' bar in main menu Step 3 : Select ADD A CONTACT From 'CONTACTS' Step 4 : TYPE auwit2005 in the email address Step 5 : Click Next Step 6 : Enter AUWIT2005 CONFERENCE in the messenger list group Step 7 : Enter WIT2005 ONLINE DISCUSSION in brief introduction (Optional) Step 8 : Click Next and then Finish. -- Jacqueline Morris www.carnivalondenet.com TT Music and videos online ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Re: $100 laptop
of the message. -- Jacqueline Morris www.carnivalondenet.com TT Music and videos online ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Creating the $100 Laptop
I've found children have an easier time with some of my devices than I do... The gameboy etc are really tiny buttons that I can't really manipulate properly - my 6 year old cousin is a whiz. He's also much faster at SMS and uses my cell to play games with a speed and dexterity I can't match. I however, can type a LOT faster than he can on a big keyboard. ;) Basically because I know how to type and he doesn't. If he were taught - he'd probably be faster. How young is young? That's why I asked about what age the grades are... I can see the need for big buttons etc in 2-3 year olds, but by 4-6 this issue is disappearing - at least in the children I see here. (trinidad and tobago) Jacqueline On 10/3/05, Taran Rampersad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jesse Sinaiko wrote: Big pencils. Much larger circumference than a normal thin, octagonal pencil. Maybe 1/3 inch in diameter. I see kids in Chicago Public Schools using them every day. I had them (and hated them) in first, second, and third grade (6, 7, and 8 years old aprox.) back in the early 1960s. Last year I heard a fairly comprehensive explanation about why they are used by a second grade teacher and department head. It's about motor skill development and dexterity. You may want to ask how long ago this theory was developed. I think that this particular theory may need some substantial updating... we've (mankind) learned a lot about human development since the early 1960s. More recent books on human development have been written since then. I think that this might just be a hold over that is explained away without thought. Also... think about how small the joints are in little fingers. A pencil that big is actually harder to manage because of the physical constraints of the human hand. Of course, I don't write like people would want me to write, I write like I write (you know, the whole 'move the hand', 'hold the pencil right') thing. Obviously not essential, but helpful in getting primary school kids to develop writing skills more readily. My point was about teeny keyboards and young children having the developed motor skills to use them efficiently. Actually, kids should have less trouble with keyboards since it's basically learning how to point instead of learning how to draw hieroglyphic lines with an oak tree. But that's an opinion, substantiated only with my own experience. -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: San Fernando, Trinidad [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.knowprose.com http://www.easylum.net http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/Taran Coming on January 1st, 2006: http://www.OpenDepth.com Criticize by creating. — Michelangelo ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. -- Jacqueline Morris www.carnivalondenet.com TT Music and videos online ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Creating the $100 Laptop
This one I agree with. This year I've logged nearly 50,000 miles going to meetings. I've travelled with desktop replacemnt lts, multimedia lts - the one I LOVE is the 10 tablet. Cause it's light, under 3 lbs. After a trip from Trinidad to Johannesburg, that extra 2-4 lbs causes quite a few days shoulder strain in this 40+ body. No CDrw, no DVD etc. But I give up that quite easily for the weight. Similarly - my iPod is now too heavy to carry every day - I want a Nano! Jacqueline On 10/2/05, Taran Rampersad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alfred Bork wrote: It is, I believe, dubious that everyone will be using palmtop computing. The small screen makes it undesirable for many applications. Until there is reliable evidence, gathered through careful experimentation, I doubt that excellent learning, for example, can take place on small screens. But I do not think that hardware in any form will, alone, solve our major worldwide problems. There's a new generation coming up that will be comfortable for with those screens. And the careful experimentation when it comes to such technology is... watch what sells. As Andy pointed out, using a cell phone for online activities can be a monotonous task. But that's with present technologies that we are used to... like QWERTY keyboards. And QWERTY keyboards were actually designed to slow down typists, lest we forget. In the days of the typewriter, metal keys stuck together if you typed too fast. We like big monitors. But, consider a roll up monitor (it's coming). A roll up keyboard, even QWERTY available for we dinosaurs. If you wish to sit down and wait for empirical evidence, more power to you. Myself? I'll use what's easiest to move with. 7.5 lbs for a laptop is rather irksome, as it is, if you have to travel (and imagine - they weighed my carry-on baggage on the way to Guyana, and got upset when it was over 17 pounds!). Bottom line - studies can only be done with something that exists. I look forward to the results of your empirical studies, but I'm more interested in what works for me. :-) -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: San Fernando, Trinidad [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.knowprose.com http://www.easylum.net http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/Taran Coming on January 1st, 2006: http://www.OpenDepth.com Criticize by creating. — Michelangelo ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. -- Jacqueline Morris www.carnivalondenet.com TT Music and videos online ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Hurricane Katrina mobcast launched
From the MSNBC reports I saw today, communication between the rescue and other staffs is still a real issue. Apparently in New Orleans and some other places the radio towers are still down, cell phones are not working, and this has been a major problem with regard to the police, national guard etc being able to coordinate action. Also seems as if New Orleans is possibly going to be the Atlantis of the 21st century! Jacqueline On 8/31/05, Taran Rampersad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From what I'm seeing, there's not much of a problem with communication in the region. Are there any reports on communication itself? It seems that everything for communicating with the people in the affected regions is under control. Andy Carvin wrote: Hi everyone, I've just launched an open blog and mobcast for people interested in following the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: http://katrina05.blogspot.com/ -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: Georgetown, Guyana [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.knowprose.com http://www.easylum.net http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/Taran Criticize by creating. — Michelangelo ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. -- __ Jacqueline Morris www.carnivalondenet.com TT Music and videos online ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Google IM and Talk
They've got a table for connecting via other clients - http://www.google.com/talk/otherclients.html I guess the rough edges are why we're testing it to work the bugs out for them. Jacqueline On 8/25/05, Daniel O. Escasa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sabi ni Jim noong Wed, 24 Aug 2005 18:33:53 -0400: Google announced today a free IM and talk service for registered gMail users (pc only) Available now at: http://www.google.com/talk/ To be more precise, they have a PC-only client, and in fact if I recall rightly, it's *Windows*-only. However, they're using a Jabber server, and you have a choice of Jabber clients. See http://www.jabber.org for details. Having said that, I should also add that I've read posts from at least two people on our local LUG trying Gaim to connect to Google's IM server and getting grief. Theory is that Google's Jabber setup still has a few rough edges. Regards. -- Daniel O. Escasa [EMAIL PROTECTED] contributor, Free Software Magazine (http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com) personal blog at http://descasa.i.ph -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Accessible with your email software or over the web ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. -- __ Jacqueline Morris www.carnivalondenet.com TT Music and videos online ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Wgig report released
Dear all, The WGIG report has been released and is available on the WGIG website in the 6 UN languages: http://www.wgig.org. Please disseminate this information to all who may be interested. - The United Nations Secretary-General today transmitted the Report of the Working Group on Internet Governance to the President of the Preparatory Committee of the World Summit on the Information Society, Ambassador Janis Karklins, and the WSIS Secretary-General, Mr Yoshio Utsumi. Click here to view the Report: http://www.wgig.org/docs/WGIGREPORT.doc http://www.wgig.org/docs/WGIGREPORT.pdf The Report has been translated in all UN languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish. http://www.wgig.org/docs/WGIGReport-Arabic.doc http://www.wgig.org/docs/WGIGReport-Chinese.doc http://www.wgig.org/docs/WGIGReport-French.doc http://www.wgig.org/docs/WGIGReport-Russian.doc http://www.wgig.org/docs/WGIGReport-Spanish.pdf A Background Report is also made available. It will be translated into French and posted on this website in due course. http://www.wgig.org/docs/BackgroundReport.doc Click here to view the Press Release. http://www.wgig.org/Report-Presentation.html __ Jacqueline Morris www.carnivalondenet.com TT Music and videos online ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] HR 2726 - Preserving Innovation in Telecommunications
Does this mean that if the public sector goes in and develops a region that is not being served, when it becomes financially attractive to do so and the private sector wants to come in, the public sector has to stop offering the service? Jacqueline On 6/15/05, Stephen Snow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Charlie, et. al., As to Steve's point, however, I think the bill is quite clear: neither any State or local government, nor any entity affiliated with such a government, shall provide any telecommunications, telecommunications service, information service, or cable service in any geographic area within the jurisdiction of such government in which a corporation or other private entity that is not affiliated with any State or local government is offering a substantially similar service. I read this as: don't offer a service in an area where the private sector is already offering a service. Is it an impossible stretch of the imagination to say that where private companies are NOT offering a service that the government MAY do so? Do others disagree? This is deja vu all over again. Here's the thing. The telcos *say* they are offering the service. But guess what? They offer it...BUT YOU CAN'T GET IT! hahaha! The joke is on us! This is *so* similar to 10-15 years ago when the baby Bells were saying all they needed were a few billion in tax breaks and they would have fiber to the home in 4 years. Well, they got the breaks, worth billions, and never delivered the fiber. Oops! I am sure that was just some little oversight. They *meant* to provide fiber...they just forgot! Well, with so much going on in the telecom business, you can certainly understand how THAT could happen! This is no different. Of COURSE they are offering wireless *just about everywhere*. they can show you their plans. They put it in their long-range work plan, fer gosh sakes. Just like they are offering DSL in Charlotte, NC, where I live. But why can't I get DSL from BellSouth? Oh, they offer it in their service district, but just not my PART of the service district (lata). That is telecom-speak. Always has been. If you believe anything else for longer than a New York minute, then please contact me about my near the high water line property. My $0.15 Steve Snow [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. -- __ Jacqueline Morris www.carnivalondenet.com TT Music and videos online ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] HR 2726 - Preserving Innovation in Telecommunications
I absolutely can't understand how the US Congress can even think to propose a law like this, preventing municipalities from serving their taxpaying constituents! Is this the greatest democracy in the world in action? Can a US citizen try to explain to those of us not from the US? Jacqueline On 6/14/05, Bob J [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Susan, Thank you for pointing this latest attempt by telcoms to preserve the duopoly they currently enjoy. I believe this is very much DDN related, and an example of how corporate greed, (i.e, no amount of profit is ever enough), overides any thoughts of common access or public interest. Bob Johnson PAI, Inc. http://www.freepress.net/communityinternet/ http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.R.2726: http://www.rense.com/general66/dk.htm Susan -- ~ Silvergate Consulting San Diego CA 619 . 316 . 6022 ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. -- __ Jacqueline Morris www.carnivalondenet.com TT Music and videos online ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] FW When iPod goes collegiate
There are many add-ons available to allow recording with an iPod. Other mp3 players have the recording capability built-in. On 4/23/05, Steven Wagenseil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Claude: Re the comment about intellectual property theft (which is what is meant when talking about a professor's lectures being available on the Internet: I am no expert (my teenage son might be, but not moi...) but I don't think it's possible to record speech directly onto an iPod, is it? I thought files had to be handled by a laptop or desktop first, before they could be played on an iPod (which doesn't even have an input jack for a microphone... So where's the worry? If a professor puts his lectures online for students, he must realize they could easily go to a wider audience. And just as with written notes or a research paper or a textbook, there are rules in academia about plagarism, etc. Also, any student trying to record a lecture surreptitiously would have a hard time hiding that laptop and mike, I would think. Plus I do recall having trouble hearing some professors clearly in person; how much harder would it be through a little mike or something... Just a few thoughts... SW OSCE/ODIHR Warsaw, Poland --- Claude Almansi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All One odd thing about this article: podcasting gets mentioned only once, between bracket. Interesting queries about copyright issues raised by students' ability to record a course and put it on the Net. cheers Claude Claude Almansi www.adisi.ch ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. -- Jacqueline Morris www.carnivalondenet.com TT Music and videos online ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] 'Digital Divide' Narrowing Fast, World Bank Says
Hi Just wanted to say - the WGIG wanted to have consultations in other parts of the world (Africa, LAC), rather than Geneva, but the resources apparently were not forthcoming. Jacqueline On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 21:24:03 -0800, John Hibbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 12:57 PM -0800 2/26/05, Jim Vines wrote: It's time to wake up and come to grips that there really is an Illuminati or shadow government that really runs the world. The Internet is seen as a threat to the few hundreds (or a thousand or two) people that dictate government policies from behind the scene. Jim Vines [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jim, for two decades - maybe three? - I have called what you call The Illuminati -- The Whiskey Drinkers. I say they meet in London, New York and Washington, pull their strings and the rest of us twitch according to the tunes they dictate. Now, as a result of the Internet, there is a viable opposing force. I call them the Lilliputians. I have no doubt who will win the battle between the Whiskey Drinkers and the Lilliputians. My doubts are: How long will it take? I'm 62. Before they put me in the Marble Orchard, will I see if my prediction is accurate? But here's a much better question: What are the best ways to accelerate the work of the Lilliputians? John Hibbs http://www.bfranklin.edu/johnhibbs Paul Mondesire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Folks, We may be preaching to the choir but those singing need inspiration as well. ;-) they seem to equate bridging the digital divide with the spread of mobile telephony, which strikes me as very misguidedSaying that the digital divide is being bridged rapidly makes no sense...because it suggests the job is done, let's not worry about it, and takes pressure off all these policymakers here in Geneva who are debating how to finance bridging the digital divide. This is exactly the point of the article IMO. Whoever planted the story was trying to set the agenda so those working diligently to DO SOMETHING to bridge the DD would be forced stop what they are doing and defend themselves. This type of misdirection is commnplace when dealing in a world of limited resources and extraordinarily powerful business/politcal interests who want to maximize their profits and or power at all costs. Conquering the DD is essentially a philanthropic effort, meaning you have to appeal to people on the basis of their desire to work for the greater good. Working with such high ideals in mind is not exactly the most popular activity among those who control the vast amount of financial an other resources. What those folks DON'T CONTROL is the intellectual capacity of people like-minded people determined to reach across the barriers to create new, more effective means for the sharing of ideas and ideals. I think it is a blessing that folks here get it and are willing to step up to the plate. I hope to be able to contribute in a more concrete fashion as we move forward. In the meantime, keep fighting the good fight... Paul Mondesire [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. -- Jacqueline Morris [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.jacquelinemorris.com 868-680-1895 _ ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Copyrights
hi Debbee You need to pay neighbouring rights, publishing, mechanical, synchronization and maybe some other rights. In the US, you can contact the orgs that others have mentioned in previous replies. I'm not sure if there is an official one stop shop for rights clearances. There are several companies that do it for a fee. Very importantly, if you decide to approach the creators of the work, you will need to get clearances from ALL of the rights holders- the songwriter/composer, the performer, and sometimes the various musicians on the performance. It's easier to go to the organisation and pay IMO. There are several fee scales, and non-profit and educational use does get a price break. For a well-written FAQ, check out http://www.signature-sound.com/11quest.html They will also do the clearances for you (for a fee, of course). And I am thrilled that you are going about this correctly (even if a bit late...) and wanting to pay the artists for their work. Unfortunately you are still in the minority. But every time I see a question like this I feel better. Best of luck Jacqueline On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 16:40:41 +0100, Claude Almansi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Taran Rampersad wrote: (...) Debbee Williams wrote: (...) I work for a non-profit organization, we have recently started providing digital arts programs. Creating movies, music, photo manipulation, etc. As part of the movies and some of the multi-media presentations we are doing, we are using music from copyrighted CD's as background. We started doing slide shows at an event highlighting activities for the year, while playing a CD in the background. Now we have advanced to creating short videos of the same thing, which are not only shown at a conference, but shared at board meetings and other gatherings where we want to showcase what we are doing. But there is another option: CreativeCommons makes all sorts of material available under Creative Commons copyrights licenses which allows the uses you appear to need, without having to keep a big stack of letters. Video, audio, text... http://www.creativecommons.org Taran, I was going to suggest the same thing when my computer crashed, lol. Debbee You can also search for specific content under a Creative Commons license, either from the search window in Firefox, or directly from the http://creativecommons.org/find/ page, where the search engine works with multiple entries. BTW, the fact that you thank your sponsors doesn't make your presentation commercial. You reminded me that the flash presentation of Percorso Arianna (http://www.vallemaggia.movingalps.ch/arianna/arianna1.html 3.3. Mb - a Gender and IT training project) that can be downoladed from http://www.vallemaggia.movingalps.ch/arianna/arianna.html also uses recorded and probably copyrighted music: they first made a CD-rom of it they used in the same way as you, then they slapped the mammoth online. I'd better let them know too, so thank you. cheers Claude -- Claude Almansi www.adisi.ch ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. -- Jacqueline Morris [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.jacquelinemorris.com 868-680-1895 _ ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
