Ourmedia, a site where citizen-media types — especially podcasters and video producers — can upload and discuss their work, has launched a 2.0 version of the site. The page is much clearer in its aims than before, with a clean design and many tools for citizen media creators.
Ourmedia is an alternative to YouTube, Blip.tv and other sites offering similar uploading and display capability, with a key difference. The default copyright license is a Creative Commons license, which reserves some but not all control for the copyright holder. This encourages spreading of good work in ways that honor copyright but don’t abuse it.
(Note: JD Lasica, director and co-founder of Ourmedia, is an advisor to this center and was project leader on our Principles of Citizen Journalism project. I’m also on the Ourmedia board of advisors.)
on Apr 30th, 2007 at 6:30 pm
Granted that part of the reason that YouTube shot past OurMedia in 2005 was that the execs were very slow to take down copyright-violating content… And YouTube is also able to put its logo over the original broadcaster’s sometimes, like in the case of C-SPAN.
It’s sort of like saying that Whole Foods 365-brand cola is the natural-sugar, organic-based alternative to Coca-Cola. But the market seems to prefer mass marketing.
on May 13th, 2007 at 9:06 pm
[…] Ourmedia turns 2.0. The site has been redesigned and it’s not just cleaner, it makes the great content easier to find. I really need to spend more time there. […]