vidshow idea, and copyright constraints
Jun. 15th, 2020 03:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
brainwaneMy local Python programming conference is going online this year. October 2nd and 3rd, PyGotham will be "PyGotham TV". The call for proposals says: "we also encourage fun and creative talks playing with the TV theme" -- so I was thinking: a little session reminiscent of MTV, or Pop-Up Video, might be interesting.
The sessions "should be 10 or 25 minutes long" which is enough time for a few vids. And, given how well-received "The Programming Saga" byechan and my vid "Pipeline" have been at tech conferences, and given how receptive PyGotham has been in the past to my odd experimental sessions, I think it's plausible that I could get a vidshow accepted. A playlist themed around engineering and the tech industry and our heritage and our successes -- stuff like "The Programming Saga" and "Pipeline", and "Landsailor" by raven, and "Speeding Rover" by seekingferret.
But! The call for proposals says: "Because it is an online-only event featuring pre-recorded talks, you must accept the recording release in order to be considered for PyGotham TV." The recording release itself* says you have to certify "that you are the author of your presentation (or otherwise allowed to present it at PyGotham TV)" with language including "certify that I am either the copyright owner of the User Submission or an authorized licensee of the copyright owner". Partly, I'm guessing, because this stuff is going to get streamed on YouTube. This year's WisCon vid party ended up happening on Zoom rather than YouTube and I would not be surprised if DMCA takedown concerns were one of the reasons.
So.... I think this could still work. Vids using public domain or openly licensed music, maybe?
The call for proposals is open through July 5th. If 3 people want to make some vids that are about engineering/technology in some way, using music that won't trigger a Content-ID takedown, I could put together that proposal. Heck, I don't need premieres -- if you've already made some that fit this constraint, I want to know about them!
* There is "you can opt out" language on that release; I followed up on this and that paragraph is an artifact of prior, in-person conferences. They're fixing the release to remove that now.
The sessions "should be 10 or 25 minutes long" which is enough time for a few vids. And, given how well-received "The Programming Saga" by
echan and my vid "Pipeline" have been at tech conferences, and given how receptive PyGotham has been in the past to my odd experimental sessions, I think it's plausible that I could get a vidshow accepted. A playlist themed around engineering and the tech industry and our heritage and our successes -- stuff like "The Programming Saga" and "Pipeline", and "Landsailor" by raven, and "Speeding Rover" by seekingferret.But! The call for proposals says: "Because it is an online-only event featuring pre-recorded talks, you must accept the recording release in order to be considered for PyGotham TV." The recording release itself* says you have to certify "that you are the author of your presentation (or otherwise allowed to present it at PyGotham TV)" with language including "certify that I am either the copyright owner of the User Submission or an authorized licensee of the copyright owner". Partly, I'm guessing, because this stuff is going to get streamed on YouTube. This year's WisCon vid party ended up happening on Zoom rather than YouTube and I would not be surprised if DMCA takedown concerns were one of the reasons.
So.... I think this could still work. Vids using public domain or openly licensed music, maybe?
The call for proposals is open through July 5th. If 3 people want to make some vids that are about engineering/technology in some way, using music that won't trigger a Content-ID takedown, I could put together that proposal. Heck, I don't need premieres -- if you've already made some that fit this constraint, I want to know about them!
* There is "you can opt out" language on that release; I followed up on this and that paragraph is an artifact of prior, in-person conferences. They're fixing the release to remove that now.
