Participatory Culture Foundation
April 13th, 2005
cata-wha?
While I thought that Downhill Battle’s original criticisms of digital download services were more than a bit off base (I don’t feel sorry for the artists who signed crappy major label deals), they seem to have grown a lot and refined their message to something which makes a lot more sense.
And while the communistic jabs at the music industry are kind of funny (if also more than a bit played out), I was left wondering : “What are creative types going to do about it?”
Just saying “Your failed business model is not my problem” while downloading torrents all day doesn’t get us any further. And, like it or not, it IS your problem if it is someone else’s work they don’t want traded for free.
Well, along comes the Participatory Culture Foundation:
Announcing a new platform for internet television and video. Anyone can broadcast full-screen video to thousands of people at virtually no cost, using BitTorrent technology. Viewers get intuitive, elegant software to subscribe to channels, watch video, and organize their video library. The project is non-profit, open source, and built on open standards. Today we’re announcing the project and releasing our current sourcecode. The software is launching in June.
There ya go! Keeping my eyes glued to this one!
