This is what I have been waiting for---a way to assign Creative Commons rights and downloading capability to YouTube videos. (via LifeHacker)
Almost two years ago, I created a video (about the futility of library catalog searching) for a conference. Post-conference, the video circulated around some different library communities, and was featured in presentations given at other conferences. I'm no Michael Wesch, mind you, but it was neat watching people latch onto this video and virally share it among other librarians.
Of course, viral sharing also meant that attribution wasn't always there when it should have been. And it meant that there really was no mechanism within YouTube for users (who were interested in downloading the video and using it in their own conference presentations) to download a high quality version of the video.
Of course, I still can't do that with my video today, but it looks like it is coming soon to more areas within YouTube. Currently, you can see downloading and Creative Commons rights and attribution in play on Stanford University's YouTube channel (just click on a video and then look for the download link below the video). It looks like an initiative that they have begun with specific (perhaps only a few higher ed.) partners, and may soon roll out more widely.
Reinforces my belief that attribution and sharing are going to get easier and more intuitive as social media spaces grow and mature.
Almost two years ago, I created a video (about the futility of library catalog searching) for a conference. Post-conference, the video circulated around some different library communities, and was featured in presentations given at other conferences. I'm no Michael Wesch, mind you, but it was neat watching people latch onto this video and virally share it among other librarians.
Of course, viral sharing also meant that attribution wasn't always there when it should have been. And it meant that there really was no mechanism within YouTube for users (who were interested in downloading the video and using it in their own conference presentations) to download a high quality version of the video.
Of course, I still can't do that with my video today, but it looks like it is coming soon to more areas within YouTube. Currently, you can see downloading and Creative Commons rights and attribution in play on Stanford University's YouTube channel (just click on a video and then look for the download link below the video). It looks like an initiative that they have begun with specific (perhaps only a few higher ed.) partners, and may soon roll out more widely.
Reinforces my belief that attribution and sharing are going to get easier and more intuitive as social media spaces grow and mature.
This is a huge step forward for lots of reasons. I am of the mind that if we work to make sharing easy and transparent people will eventually embrace it. What I am excited about is that I can actually choose a license that makes sense and make it explicitly clear that it is cool to share this under attribution. I'm going to contact my friend at youtube today to see about this getting rolled into the psutlt youtube space!
Do you know if Stanford originally hosted the videos on their university website and then moved to youtube... or did enough individuals post videos on youtube that Stanford decided to see if a space within youtube could be created for the university?
Hi Cheryl! I don't know the conditions that existed when Stanford created their YouTube channel. Did you know that PSU has one too? It's located at: http://www.youtube.com/user/pennstate