Comments on: Wikipedia Weekly 28

By: Zvika

Zvika — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:30:18 +0000

Thanks for the show, guys! You mentioned you’ve got lots more interviews stacked up and ready to be released… when is this going to happen? We’re holding our breath!

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:11:44 +0000

I really enjoy your podcast. Thanks for doing it.

Do you happen to know where an audio recording of Joi Ito’s presentation might be available? After listing to your show, I am eager to hear it.

Thanks.

By: Longbow4u

Longbow4u — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:56:19 +0000

@pfctdayelise
I do not believe that this mess with the videos is due to the insistence on free formats. I would have prefered if the videos would have been shot with the intention for upload, and not for streaming. Then they would only have filmed people while talking instead of all the time filming a blackboard. I do not think streaming is that important. It should not be done if it comes at the cost of a timely upload of the videos in download format. I do not want to blame the organizers, as video filming is a massive organizational task. But I think the Wikimedia Foundation should organize this aspect herself for the next Wikimania. I think to have the footage of the Wikimania available for the community is very very important. This is the second time this did not work very well, after Harvard. I just watched another time Jimbo`s talk in Frankfurt from 2005 “Ten things that should be free”, and it was again very impressive. We lose the opportunity to preserve this material if the organizers are left alone with the task of video filming.
Longbow4u

By: Tawker

Tawker — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:59:16 +0000

Sorry guys, the ogg feed link went away w/ the template change and (never looking at the template) - I missed it. It’s @ http://wikipediaweekly.com/category/audio/atom - I’ll fix the template in a bit

By: pfctdayelise

pfctdayelise — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:06:33 +0000

what a joke… that our insistence on free formats is what actually created this giant mess with the Wikimania video. :/ Nice way to shoot ourselves in the foot!

Ditto to Stian: *please* press them for audio at least!

ps: most iriver mp3 players support Ogg Vorbis, and they are nice to use aside from that too.

By: Stian HÃ¥kle

Stian HÃ¥kle — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 23:12:21 +0000

Please press for the audio and video versions - I _really_ expected them by now… I don’t care much for livestreaming, I don’t like having to sit down and watch at a specific time, but I’d love for them to be available much closer to the end of the conference, so that the wider community can be involved in the debate.

About the copyright issue on the book and the movie - it’s certainly their right and prerogative to use whatever copyright, and the outtakes thing is good, but I’d still point out that it _is_ possible to make money with open licenses too… The Pirkinning is an example of an opensource movie that is CC NC and has made a lot of money being bought by tv channels and even getting DVD distribution… there are numerous books that are available on the net and still sell well, etc… Not saying this is easy, but for such a huge topic, it should be possible.

By: Walter

Walter — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:08:54 +0000

I for one am using the mp3-version of WikipediaWeekly because so far I can find no Ogg Vorbis RSS-feed.

I see only a Itunes link and a RSS mp3 feed.