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Re: Ze Frank debates value of Creative Commons

kampanyalar — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:13:58 -0000

I wish you continued success thanks eddie

Re: United Airlines, why do you fuck me so?

Sean — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:53:35 -0000

I agree. United has enjoyed fucking me at least twice; the most significant when I had to pay an additional $2500 for a "day of" booking - because although the knew the plane I was supposed to board at 6:30am never arrived at the airport at 10pm the prior evening. They never bothered to contact me. Consequently, I - and a couple hundred other "where the hell is my plane" passengers are staring red-eyed and confused, trying to find other flights. Had we know when THEY knew, no issue. We'd have been happily on our way. Instead, we arrived at the United Counter too late to catch another flight. Their answer: well, here's a $250 voucher for another flight. The math: that's - oh that's right. $2250 in the hole. Fuck you, United. I am counting your future with a sweep second hand.

Re: Ze Frank debates value of Creative Commons

evden para — Sat, 30 May 2009 23:49:57 -0000

I agree that Creative Commons licensing is choice each creator must make when publishing online. Ze can choose to publish with a full copyright. Not sure why he's so concerned.

Re: Ze Frank debates value of Creative Commons

ericmortensen — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:52:39 -0000

I'm not sure what CC has to do the problems being addressed here. I'm not certain that they're even internet/digital problems. I think this is about respecting the work, which is much more ethereal. And, if anything, CC helps with that.

Re: Ze Frank debates value of Creative Commons

Caleb — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:05:20 -0000

Thanks Eddie. It's a stormy transition! Can't wait to see the dust settle and see the new and old ways entertainers/informers figure out how to get paid.

Re: Ze Frank debates value of Creative Commons

David Pescovitz — Sat, 16 May 2009 18:05:51 -0000

I'm a fan of Ze's work but I was surprised by his comments. I didn't understand why he thinks that creative commons licensing is related to someone allegedly ripping off the format of his vlog and adding "beer and boobs." The "format" of a show isn't copyrightable anyway. Also, he's clearly incorrect when he says that the bulk of Boing Boing is commentary on something else, not original material. I still think he's a pretty funny guy though.

Re: Ze Frank debates value of Creative Commons

Jess Hemerly — Sat, 16 May 2009 15:27:46 -0000

I'm so glad you captured this. Thank you!

Re: Ze Frank debates value of Creative Commons

ekai — Sat, 16 May 2009 14:59:51 -0000

Rusty: That's a sweeping generalization, and like most, is bullshit. I use CC, but I don't care if you or Ze don't. Totally cool by me.

As for BB.com mirroring BB.net, that's a different issue than content licensing. I'm betting the name BoingBoing is trademarked and actually calling yourself that would bring up trademark issues, not copyright. There's already a ton of blogs which DO mirror BB's content but they don't get the traffic, probably because their google juice is much less sweet and copycat sites are not authoritative, how do u know it's really an accurate mirror?

I agree with you on the books thing, I hate reading books on a laptop. BUT I do think being able to read a chapter or two online does fuel sales. I bought Little Brother after reading a bit of it online first.

Re: Ze Frank debates value of Creative Commons

jay dedman — Sat, 16 May 2009 07:09:40 -0000

I agree that Creative Commons licensing is choice each creator must make when publishing online. Ze can choose to publish with a full copyright. Not sure why he's so concerned.

But the danger of full copyright is the lack of enforcement. What's Ze going to do is someone copies his work? Hire a lawyer and sue? Doesn't seem feasible for any independent.

At least a Creative Commons license gives some permission for reuse under certain restrictions that work well online. Yes, someone could still break a CC license, but then you have the community to help you police. I'm surprised Ze hasnt reached out to his large, loyal fanbase to get his work respected.

Re: Ze Frank debates value of Creative Commons

Rusty — Sat, 16 May 2009 03:36:30 -0000

The problem with CC is not the CC license itself, it's the fact that CC proponents want to force all content creators to CC license their work.

You like CC, you release your stuff that way. But it's not right to force others to release things that way.

What if the owners of BoingBoing.com put up all the BoingBoing.net content without ads, and put in light grey text on a white background the attribution notice. Then they promoted boingboing.com as the ad-free version of BoingBoing.net and people started going to it and the real site (.net) started massively losing pageviews and hence ad revenue.

Just because you're doing something non-commercially doesn't mean that it doesn't have a negative impact on the original creator's value.

And I get tired of hearing the excuse about Cory D giving away his books but still selling tons of them. He's getting press because he gives away the book online, and that translates into sales. If everyone was doing it, the novelty factor would be gone and he wouldn't generate the press. And frankly, most people aren't going to read a book on their laptop (or print it out, etc). All he's giving away is a mostly less convenient facsimile of the original book. A free sample if you will.

In 20 years from now when everyone has ebooks, I bet he won't be giving them away.

Re: Ze Frank debates value of Creative Commons

sull — Sat, 16 May 2009 01:06:17 -0000

i dont know how a good argument can be made against cc.
cc is not the cause of blatant rip-offs.
thats just going to happen with or without cc.
and everything borrows and influences everything else.
i dont get his core argument. yet. would need to read/listen to more.
cc does not need to carry the role of facilitating the monetization of net video.
that is left for the creator(s) to figure out.
a video on the internet is never going to be controlled.
a style is never going to remain soley yours. and likely was never soley yours to begin with.
only your most loyal fans will even consider paying you money direct for the pleasure of consuming your net video.
money can come in more indirect ways if you are good at what you do and you are consistent. you can license your content to tv networks if its that good.
but your video is often going to be more like an ongoing portfolio that grows and takes you places. it's not food that you buy. its not clothes that you buy. its not a cup of coffee. its a video that becomes a cultural artifact. its not a tangible product. some may think or wish it was, but it is not. if a $200million film on DVD can barely pass as a product today, then how is a short witty video of your mug going to do?
if their is an upside, it is probably in the interactive video segment. if you create something that is more than a linear video... something that a user interacts with and is entertained by that interaction... then that is harder to copy and more than just the content. it can become the content unique to the user experiencing it.

Re: Ze Frank debates value of Creative Commons

ekai — Fri, 15 May 2009 20:07:57 -0000

thanks Doc, fixed!

Re: Ze Frank debates value of Creative Commons

docpop — Fri, 15 May 2009 19:58:12 -0000

the second video is marked as "private", so it can't be seen without being that persons youtube friend.

The first video was interesting, but I was wondering if the Play Him Off cat was CC licensed.

Re: Happy Buy Nothing Day!

erin — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:50:08 -0000

eddie is hot

Re: Happy Buy Nothing Day!

erin — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:44:20 -0000

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Re: Retro video games from stuff around the house

Media Gamer — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 03:26:33 -0000

Wow, that video makes me miss playing Centipede. That video was an excellent use of kitchen food and utensils to recreate gaming experiences. This is my favorite video this week.

Re: What would you ask Spike Lee?

cmalone — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 03:01:59 -0000

I was looking at school days and I was wondering what is that brothers name that sang you can only be you, and iI can only be me?

Re: Major Ripoff

erin — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:02:53 -0000

ha this eddie i love you

Re: Josh Wolf jailed for standing up for my rights

crews0318ac — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:03:34 -0000

great blog and article

Re: Happy Buy Nothing Day!

Hilary Luckcock — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:57:57 -0000

Hello Eddie

I'm currently working for CUP publishers in the UK at the moment on an educational textbook teaching English to foreign students. The book is entitled face2face Advanced WB and the authors would like to use a photo of Buy Nothing Day. They've found this one through a Google search and have asked me to contact you to ask if CUP would be able to include it in their publication. Would this be a possibility and if so, would you be able to email me the high res? Credit will, of course, be given in the publication together with any fee that may be applicable.

I look forward to hearing from you by return.

Kind regards
Hilary Luckcock
Freelance Picture Editor

Re: Santarchy in San Francisco

ideakreatif — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 13:36:22 -0000

It must be fun seeing Santa everywhere on that day. nice photos.

Re: Santarchy in San Francisco

bodezy — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:17:51 -0000

I always love san fransisco, nice, really nice

Re: Presidents rolling deep into the new year

glasswool — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:22:57 -0000

This is shot on a pro HD setup for sure, Eddie prove otherwise...

Re: Presidents rolling deep into the new year

David H Glover — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:29:05 -0000

Great quality, What kind of camera are you using for you flickr videos? Please email me and let me know david at davidglover dot com thanks.

Re: Retro video games from stuff around the house

filmmaking — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:30:58 -0000

Good job, hilarious. I like defender myself.