Category Archives: Technology Innovation

A Remix Manifesto

By David Gratton on November 20, 2008

Anyone seen this movie?
RIP: A Remix Manifesto

ABOUT THE FILM
In RiP: A remix manifesto, Web activist and filmmaker Brett Gaylor explores issues of copyright in the information age, mashing up the media landscape of the 20th century and shattering the wall between users and producers.
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Looks very interesting and I’d love to see [...]

Also posted in Copyright, General Discussion, Media

Ubiquity Illustrates Impressive Thinking and the Need for Attribution Microformat

By David Gratton on August 27, 2008

The net was a buzz with with Aza Raskin’s post on Ubiquity: An experiment into connecting the Web with language.

Also posted in Events, Licensing & Attribution, Microformat and Mark-up

The Need for an Attribution Trail

By David Gratton on August 25, 2008

When content is being reused from one source to another, etiquette and ethics would insist that the content creator (the person reusing content) provide clear attribution and links to the original content while obeying the content’s license.
When searching for an example of proper attribution, I had to go no further than Miss 604’s blog, aka [...]

Also posted in Ethical Reuse, Events, Licensing & Attribution, Microformat and Mark-up, RDFa
PlayTheWeb.org is an ad hoc group of Web professionals who are interested in promoting the idea of "Web Play" through the ethical reuse of content on the Web. We want to report, discuss, and promote Technologies, Techniques, Applications, and Business models that move this idea forward.