[A2k] Free Culture presents: Down with DRM Video Contest

Elizabeth Stark estark@law.harvard.edu
Sat Sep 16 14:10:15 2006


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Hi all,

Freeculture.org is announcing the Down with DRM video contest today in
conjunction with Defective by Design's Oct 3 Day against DRM. Please forwar=
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far and wide, ask your friends and colleagues to participate, and even
create your own submission! (And we hear the Neuros OSDs are very cool...)

Thanks,

Elizabeth + Fred

(oh, and please Digg
this<http://www.digg.com/videos_educational/Make_an_Anti_DRM_Video_and_Win_=
a_Neuros_Portable_DVR_from_FreeCulture_org>
!)

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Enter the Down with DRM
<http://freeculture.org/blog/2006/09/15/downwithdrm/> video contest for a
chance to win a Neuros
OSD<http://wiki.neurostechnology.com/index.php/Neuros_OSD>- a portable
digital VCR!

Joining in Oct 3rd - Day Against
DRM<http://defectivebydesign.org/en/blog/announce_day_against_drm>,
Free Culture will select the 5 best anti-DRM video entries and award a
Neuros OSD to each creator. DefectiveByDesign.org
<http://www.defectivebydesign.org/> is also looking to air selected anti-DR=
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videos on their website during the week of October 3rd, and we want to give
them a hand.

Here are the official rules to enter Free Culture's Down with DRM video
contest:

   - Deadline for submissions: *Sunday, October 1 at 11:59pm EDT*
   - Criteria for video:
   - Anti-DRM themed
      - Short
      - Video, animation, or remix
      - Make it catchy =97 we want these videos to be viral
   - Please submit your video to the online video sharing network(s) that
   you prefer. Here are some examples:
   - http://www.archive.org <http://www.archive.org/details/movies>
      - http://www.youtube.com
      - http://www.revver.com
      - http://www.blip.tv
   - Please tag your video with "downwithdrm" and "dbdoct3" so that
   people can search for it.
   - Preference will be given to submissions under free content licenses
   such as Creative Commons
BY-SA<http://creativecommons.org/license/results-one?license_code=3Dby-sa>,
   BY <http://creativecommons.org/license/results-one?license_code=3Dby>,
   PD <http://creativecommons.org/license/publicdomain-2?lang=3Den-us>, or
   the Free Art <http://artlibre.org/licence/lal/en/> license.
   - E-mail downwithdrm@freeculture.org with a link to your video by
   October 1 at 11:59pm EDT.
   - Free Culture will select the top 5 entries and award the winners
   with a Neuros OSD (one per video).