Docu-Blog/Steve's POV: New Shared content sites

April 02, 2005

New Shared content sites

NOW PUBLIC & OurMedia take on media sharing.

Two very different takes on shared media infrastructure have launched, and both are interesting.

First, Marc Cantor and JD Lasica's OurMedia is a large, free, shared content for rich media. Brewster Kahle's internet archive will act as the backbone for this. It's paid for on Brewster's dime.

There is a great audio interview with Cantor and Lasica on IT conversations (http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail406.html)

Cantor is the founder of Macromind (now Macromedia) - and has been building empowerment tools for a very long time. JD has been covering the evolution of content for 20 years (he interviewed me for a piece on MTV UnFiltered for American Journalism Review in the mid 90's).

Our media has gotten some grief for launch issues, but it's an alpha service -and it's pretty clear that these guys have the background and passion to get it done. It's a storage solution at it's launch, and it's a registry as it evolves... They're pretty sure that storage and distribution will be distributed over time... And building a sharing registry now will create audience and access as content sharing continues to grow.

MEANWHILE:

NowPublic.com is a citizen journalism site that aggregates both video and stills, all under a creative commons license (much like Our Media) but with the idea that it can be shared and used among blog users.

The interface is engaging - with tabs for "news" "footage" and "assignments"
NowPublic almost feels like a content database from a news organization, and they're trying to be transparrent about where footage comes from, and where it is going.

Overall - both sites are exciting developments - and worth tracking.

Posted by steve.rosenbaum at 02:18PM on Apr 2, 2005

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