http://www.theopenhouseproject.com/2007/02/27/who-owns-what-c-span-airs/ Recommendations, Resources, and Reform Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:18:16 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.theopenhouseproject.com/2007/02/27/who-owns-what-c-span-airs/comment-page-1/#comment-30 C-SPAN Loosens Reins on Copyright Control | The Open House Project Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:11:43 +0000 http://www.theopenhouseproject.com/2007/02/27/who-owns-what-c-span-airs/#comment-30 [...] It’s important to remember that, when it comes to C-SPAN, we’re really talking about two kinds of content. One is the “official events” mentioned above — that’s the stuff recorded by C-SPAN-owned cameras. This includes congressional hearings, press briefings, that sort of thing. What’s still a bit unclear today is whether the rules of the game have changed at all for the coverage of the House and Senate floor that C-SPAN also distributes. As we’ve talked about before, what C-SPAN is doing there is packaging and branding the public domain feed shot by government-own cameras. More clarity on that content would indeed still be welcomed. [...] [...] It’s important to remember that, when it comes to C-SPAN, we’re really talking about two kinds of content. One is the “official events” mentioned above — that’s the stuff recorded by C-SPAN-owned cameras. This includes congressional hearings, press briefings, that sort of thing. What’s still a bit unclear today is whether the rules of the game have changed at all for the coverage of the House and Senate floor that C-SPAN also distributes. As we’ve talked about before, what C-SPAN is doing there is packaging and branding the public domain feed shot by government-own cameras. More clarity on that content would indeed still be welcomed. [...]

]]> http://www.theopenhouseproject.com/2007/02/27/who-owns-what-c-span-airs/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Steven Clift’s Notes - Democracies Online » Blog Archive » Taking a Byte into Congress - OpenCongress.Org, TheOpenHouseProject.com and more Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:29:54 +0000 http://www.theopenhouseproject.com/2007/02/27/who-owns-what-c-span-airs/#comment-28 [...] Perhaps the most important project I’ve seen come along in U.S. e-democracy circles in years is TheOpenHouseProject.com which is organizing people to pick apart the legislative process and all of the strategic information components in order to make Congress truly transparent online. I will personally judge the new leadership in Congress on whether they are really living up to their promise to run a more ethical and open Congress on the speed with which they embrace this project and give a clear management green light to House and Senate institutions to actively participate and “open up the house.” With the new Speaker of the House getting guff over putting C-SPAN clips on her blog and other folks discovering that sharing of Congressional committee video use is often restricted, the devil is in the details. [...] [...] Perhaps the most important project I’ve seen come along in U.S. e-democracy circles in years is TheOpenHouseProject.com which is organizing people to pick apart the legislative process and all of the strategic information components in order to make Congress truly transparent online. I will personally judge the new leadership in Congress on whether they are really living up to their promise to run a more ethical and open Congress on the speed with which they embrace this project and give a clear management green light to House and Senate institutions to actively participate and “open up the house.” With the new Speaker of the House getting guff over putting C-SPAN clips on her blog and other folks discovering that sharing of Congressional committee video use is often restricted, the devil is in the details. [...]

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