I don't know of any templates or resources directly on this topic, but this is a good idea. There are certainly more general resources out there (see info and videos on <a href="http://creativecommons.org">creativecommons.org
</a> for example.) Care to volunteer to make something more specific? :D<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/27/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Denver Gingerich</b> <<a href="mailto:denver@ossguy.com">denver@ossguy.com
</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">It is evident that recording and publishing companies search for<br>talent on YouTube and similar video sharing services so that they can
<br>sign contracts with these people [1]. My impression is that these<br>contracts are often quite exclusive and don't allow the artists to put<br>pro-sharing licenses on their content because the recording or<br>publishing company decides on the licenses (and they generally don't
<br>choose pro-sharing licenses). (Comments on the validity of these<br>statements would be appreciated.)<br><br>I think it would be good for free culture advocates to also search for<br>talent on content sharing sites like YouTube so that we can educate
<br>upcoming artists on pro-sharing licenses. It seems that the only<br>education they're getting right now is from the recording and<br>publishing companies that stick a huge legal document in front of them<br>and say "sign here". Do you know if there are any free culture
<br>advocates actively trying to contact artists in this way? Are there<br>resources available (ie. e-mail templates) that one can use for<br>discussing pro-sharing licenses with artists that have little<br>knowledge of free culture?
<br><br>Denver<br><br><br>1. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube#Internet_celebrities_and_breaking_boundaries">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube#Internet_celebrities_and_breaking_boundaries</a><br>_______________________________________________
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