Critical Commons
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Critical Commons is an online repository of user-generated media. The archive is a project of the Media Arts and Practice division of the USC School of Cinematic Arts. The project supports the fair use of copyrighted media by educators.
History
Critical Commons was established in 2008 by Steve F. Anderson and is an ongoing project of the Media Arts and Practice division of the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Critical Commons was designed by Erik Loyer and developed using the free software video sharing system Plumi by the Asia-Pacific based EngageMedia and the Greece-based design collective Unweb.me.{{cite web|url=http://www.criticalcommons.org/about-us |title=About — Critical Commons |publisher=Criticalcommons.org |date= |accessdate=2013-10-17}} The site was launched with funding from the Macarthur Foundation's Digital Media and Learning Initiative{{cite web|author=Cory Doctorow at 2:18 am Fri, Jan 22, 2010 |url=http://boingboing.net/2010/01/22/critical-commons-vs.html |title=Critical Commons vs. Hitler: resource for free/open media and fair use |publisher=Boing Boing |date=2010-01-22 |accessdate=2013-10-17}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hastac.org/projects/critical-commons |title=Critical Commons |publisher=HASTAC |date=2009-06-20 |accessdate=2013-10-17}} and is part of an ongoing debate within higher education about the need for limitations and exceptions to copyright.Guest, Charles; Guest, Joyce M.; Surry; Daniel W. ed.; and Robert M. Gray, ed. (2010). "Legal Issues in the Use of Technology in Higher Education: Copyright and Privacy in the Academy", Technology Integration in Higher Education: Social and Organizational Aspects, IGI Global.{{cite web|url=http://bollier.org/new-frontiers-commons-based-innovation |title=New Frontiers of Commons-based Innovation | David Bollier |publisher=Bollier.org |date=2010-01-28 |accessdate=2013-10-17}}
Project background
Critical Commons makes use of the exemptions{{cite web|url=https://www.eff.org/cases/2012-dmca-rulemaking |title=2012 DMCA Rulemaking | Electronic Frontier Foundation |publisher=Eff.org |date= |accessdate=2013-10-17}} to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that allow educators to circumvent the digital rights management of encrypted DVDs and downloads from online sources. Critical Commons utilizes the "safe harbor" provision of the DMCA granted to Internet service providers (ISPs) who have limited liability for potential copyright infringement by users.{{cite web |url=https://ilt.eff.org/index.php/Copyright:_Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act |title=Copyright: Digital Millennium Copyright Act; Electronic Frontier Foundation |publisher=Eff.org |date= |accessdate=2014-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127025332/https://ilt.eff.org/index.php/Copyright:_Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act |archive-date=2013-11-27 |url-status=dead }}
Media in Critical Commons is contributed by users who must add transformative commentaries to their uploads in order for them to be viewable. Once a piece of media is publicly available, registered users can post additional commentaries or create lecture-style playlists of media that are placed within a critical context.{{cite journal|url=http://www.mlajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1632/prof.2011.2011.1.136 |title=Engaging Digital Scholarship: Thoughts on Evaluating Multimedia Scholarship |publisher=Mlajournals.org |date=2011 |accessdate=2013-10-17 |doi=10.1632/prof.2011.2011.1.136|last1=Anderson |first1=Steve |last2=McPherson |first2=Tara |journal=Profession |volume=2011 |pages=136–151 |url-access=subscription }} The archive contains over 7500 media clips, still images and audio files accompanied by text commentaries. Media content posted on Critical Commons is widely embedded in electronic journals {{cite web |url=http://www.digitalstudies.org/ojs/index.php/digital_studies/article/view/234/301 |title=After the Document Model for Scholarly Communication: Some Considerations for Authoring with Rich Media | Sayers | Digital Studies / Le champ numérique |publisher=Digitalstudies.org |date= |accessdate=2013-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006065805/http://www.digitalstudies.org/ojs/index.php/digital_studies/article/view/234/301 |archive-date=2013-10-06 |url-status=dead }} and media supplements for scholarly publication and classroom use.{{cite web |url=http://enculturation.gmu.edu/the-youtube-gaze |title=The YouTube Gaze: Permission to Create? | Enculturation |publisher=Enculturation.gmu.edu |date= |accessdate=2013-10-17 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20131015164954/http://enculturation.gmu.edu/the-youtube-gaze |archivedate=2013-10-15 }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.copyright.gov/1201/ Section 1201 Exemptions to Prohibition Against Circumvention of Technological Measures Protecting Copyrighted Works]
Category:Organizations established in 2008
Category:University of Southern California