creative commons through the looking glass

Another interview with ABC, this time with me ^_^ Back in April, while I was in Sydney for OURMEDIA VI I ducked into the ABC Ultimo building to record an interview for radio and that would become part of an exciting new ABC-run user-generated content project called Pool. More about Pool later, first here's the interview and accompanying video they made:


(available under a CC BY-NC 2.5 Aus licence)

The video gives an overview of CC, the protocols, the commercial/non-commercial distinction and explains possible motivations for wanting to use CC.


So what is Pool? It's a collaborative production environment that people can submit their creative works to. In the about it says:

"Grow ideas; download, remix and share with your friends and the world. Music, photos, videos, documentaries, interviews, animations, and more. Connect with people; by comments, tags, friend lists, and collaborative co-creation. Is this the future of public media?"

The site is under a CC BY-NC-ND 2.5 Aus licence, but also allows All Rights Reserved and the CC BY-NC 2.5 Aus licence.

And why did they decide to use CC?

"We decided to use Creative Commons licences for Pool because we think it's the best way possible to have some fun with content, without breaching any copyright laws."

It is in beta testing, so go easy on it. Get on there and give some good feedback. CCau certainly wants to see it happen!