__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Monday 09 October 2006 07:45 \__
> begin oe_protect.scr
> newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Movies Go Open Source With Stray Cinema Project
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| The raw footage from a film shot in London has been made
>>| available for the public to download from the Stray Cinema
>>| website. The idea is to provide people with the opportunity
>>| to create their own version of the film, following the
>>| guidelines set by the Open Source movement found in software
>>| development and licensing.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=6740
>>
>> These projects will raise public awareness. They help people grasp the
>> immense power of the Open approach (e.g. collaboration,
>> self-expression, and customisability). This breaks a mental barrier
>> that makes penetration of OSS (inc. GNU/Linux) easier.
>>
>
> I can see as big a reset in the art world as we've had in the
> computing/software environments, and to a great extent, the written
> word. The internet has self-publishing available to anyone who wants
> to, just as the GPL and inexpensive computers and network access has
> made both high-quality software and the opportunity to write and publish
> software available to almost anyone. Visual art has certainly been
> given an enormous boost by the internet, again, from a self-publishing
> viewpoint.
Exactly. Think of the hundreds of millions of publishers/'publishers' out
there. Blogging has made a huge difference. As for art, how many sites can
you find which boast a profolio that's run by a user-friendly CMS (e.g.
Gallery, Coppermine) atop Apache/Linux? It's highly affordable. Entry
barriers are lowered and the middlemen is cut out. When it comes to
publication of academic material, one finds that searching technology, as
well as cheap/free hosting, has an impact (either good or bad, because of
peer review). That's one of those topics that I discussed with Wired
Magazine.
> Music and video have not quite, yet, got to the same point, but I'm sure
> that they will.
As a case study/counter example:
Lonelygirl15 Creators Rely On Open Source
,----[ Quote ]
| Creators behind the Internet video phenomenon Lonelygirl15 will rely on
| open source technology and a newly launched Web site to explore
| possibilities in storytelling.
|
| [...]
|
| Soon fans also can expect to have an interface that lets them link
| numerous video streams, and a wiki to create an encyclopedia to track
| characters.
|
| [...]
|
| On a shoestring budget themselves, the trio supports the Web site
| with open-source technologies like MySQL databases. "Our entire backend
| that supports the Web site is free because we use WordPress," Beckett
| said. "Five years ago, you would have had to buy UNIX boxes and build
| a custom content management system."
`----
http://www.techweb.com/wire/software/193003731
|
|
