OURMEDIA

'Ourmedia' is a media archive, supported by the Internet Archive, which freely hosts any images, text, and video or audio clips which do not violate copyright laws and do not include pornography. The website, which launched on March 21, 2005, was founded by Marc Canter and J.D. Lasica.
The media archive, Ourmedia, Inc. was incorporated as a nonprofit public benefit corporation in the State of California in September 2005.[1]
As of August 2006, Ourmedia had over 110,000 members.
In the Spring of 2007, the site was revamped, and as of August 2007 ourmedia accepts video media in all formats, open and proprietary, but rejects videos containing digital rights management.[2]
The project's Board of Trustees are:

J.D. Lasica

Brewster Kahle

Mia Garlick

Brad deGraf

Susan Mernit

Dave Toole

John Seely Brown
The Advisory Board includes:

Lawrence Lessig

Brewster Kahle

Howard Rheingold

Dan Gillmor

Angela Beesley

Doc Searls

James Boyle

Susan Wu

Charles Nesson

Susan Mernit

Karen Worcman

Denise Atchley

Alexander Cohen

David Bollier

Richard Prelinger

Leslie Rule

Bryan Alexander

Jon Noring

Nathon Gunn

Steve Rosenbaum

Joaquin Alvarado
Ourmedia is powered by Drupal.[3]

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References


1. California Secretary of State - Corporation Search Results No. C2799337 Date Filed: 8/26/2005
2. Technical FAQ
3. Ourmedia.org and code releases drupal.org

External links



Ourmedia.org

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