wepod

WEEK 06: Tuesday 31 october 2006
Licensing/ distribution schemes: product codes and projects with photo tags and identifiers
browsing for class and to view on your own:
ISBN
ISBN agency

Thinglink.org is an open database where makers can register their work for free and create labels for their products.
PhotoTag is a small photography project and an ad hoc community formed through through the chance wanderings of transient disposable cameras.
BookCrossing: tagging and sharing
Where’sGeorge: tracks U.S. currency by serial number
Internet archive
Wayback machine

assignments to be read PRIOR to class meeting and be prepared to discuss them in class:
creative commons
http://creativecommons.org/
Be prepared to discuss available licensing schemes, their uses with photographic work and online photo material; choose a licensing scheme for your project and explain what sort of rights you are protecting for yourself and others
Lawrence Lessig. Free Culture. (chapts 2: mere copyists and 9: collectors) download pdf
http://www.free-culture.cc/freecontent
ch 2: “Mere Copyists” be prepared to discuss the implications for copyright regulations of the way kodak and internet allowed people to use images , exploring similarities and differences between kodak’s mass photography and internet’s “right to tinker”;
Adam Curr vs Weekend tabloid (Flickr//Creative Commons licence)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/22/creative_commons_dutch_court_ruling/
http://curry.podshow.com/?p=49

CLASS PRESENTATION: present your research to the class and defend your argument as to why this particular collection of images should be published as your final project. Present your template

DUE on class 7 | POST ON blog
Brief 5 – publication: editing/design (cont.)
Open a lulu account; Spend some time browsing through lulu.com to look at different licensing shemes, formats and options for printing and downloading. Choose 1 project to review for the class
final project proposals- With the feedback from your class presentation review your project, make the necessary changes and post it to your blog