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Academy Award winning documentary released under Creative Commons license
interplast.org — "A Story of Healing" documents an Interplast volunteer surgical team to An Giang province in Vietnam ’s Mekong Delta. The film earned the 1997 Academy Award® for best documentary, short subject. 10 years later it is the first Academy Award winning film to be released under a Creative Commons license.
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- jorelvo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+31please let this become a trend
- fishrjv, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8I suppose it all depends on whether the director/producer are in it for the money or to genuinely inform the public. I'd like to think it is the latter.
- themarq, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2I think Fahrenheit 911 was released under the CCL too. Not that it won an academy award and I'm not making any judgment one way or the other that it should have or not btw.
- p06ashishs, on 10/12/2007, -17/+1ok guys! no offense against any one... its an irrelavant comment 4 this link.
But how many votes a story is required to get published. And how much did it require to come in hot topics among unpublished ones. My story got 21 votes and still not even in hot topics among entertainment ones.
And the story is not spam. Its a very important event. Much awaited marriage of former miss world Ashwariya Rai with son of legendary bollywood actor amitabh bacchan.
Sry to comment like this but really can't understand why its not yet even placed in hot topics in entertainment. can digg staff/users explain.
Link 2 that story is http://digg.com/celebrity/Former_Miss_World_Aishwarya_Rai_to_marry_Abhishek_Bachchan_Today - amitqry, on 10/12/2007, -18/+0ok guys! no offense against any one... its an irrelavant comment 4 this link.
But how many votes a story is required to get published. And how much did it require to come in hot topics among unpublished ones. An imp. story got 21 votes and still not even in hot topics among entertainment ones.
And the story is not spam. Its a very important event. Much awaited marriage of former miss world Ashwariya Rai with son of legendary bollywood actor amitabh bacchan.
Sry to comment like this but really can't understand why its not yet even placed in hot topics in entertainment. can digg staff/users explain.
Link 2 that story is http://digg.com/celebrity/Former_Miss_World_Aishwarya_Rai_to_marry_Abhishek_Bachchan_Today - ongie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Someone in the filmmaker not compromising art and its accessibility for the holy name of commerce?
I'm floored.
And also impressed. I'll check it out.- dkm201, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Yeah! This would have made TONS of money on DVD, but they decided to do this out of the goodness of their hearts. Probably unrelated to the fact that it's basically a PR package for Interplast, which will in turn cause people to donate money to Interplast.
I'm not taking away from what they do, but you're a fool if you think this isn't about money. There's just more money to be made in donations (which is a good thing!) than selling a DVD of this short doc. - codemonkeysteve, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Anybody got a torrent for it? CC + Torrent = Tasty Content Goodness.
You can also get a DVD copy with a donation of $10+ here: https://app.etapestry.com/hosted/InterplastInc/OnlineGiving.html?odm=soh
- dkm201, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Yeah! This would have made TONS of money on DVD, but they decided to do this out of the goodness of their hearts. Probably unrelated to the fact that it's basically a PR package for Interplast, which will in turn cause people to donate money to Interplast.
- weebit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This is as good as apple pie or chocolate. I am very impressed. A thumbs up to the Interplast volunteer surgical team, and to the filmmakers. Plus a hug to those children and to their parents that waited on news about their child not knowing what kind of life their child may have. Those children are grown now in the film. :) I hope their lives today are good too.
- globaleyenews, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3It appears that the concept of shared user content is a runaway train that is just beginning to pull out of the yard. As in the film with John Voight, a larcenous act is transformed by the heart of human purpose that unexpectedly enlightens the human landscape. It truly is a Brave New World that brings us Acadamy Award winning content with no strings attached. Great thanks to Interplast.
- fishcough, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Good comment, globaleyenews. But a minor correction: as all Seinfeld fans know, Jon Voight spells his first name without the "h." Don't buy a used car from anyone who tells you otherwise!
- mcbeef, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Creative commons, GNU license, bleh bleh bleh Just for God's sake put them in the public domain. Don't try to keep your dead hand sticking out of the grave trying to control the development of things.
- smazow, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Thanks for the great comments everyone.
Just to clear up a few things: the film producers donated their services to produce the film, which was made over ten years ago. Our goal has always been to use the film (and all of our other videos on interplast.blip.tv or flickr (flickr.com/photos/interplast) to spread the word about the work we do. I guess you could call it PR, but that has such a sour implication.
Interplast raises 100% of its budget from donations from individuals, foundations and corporations, no gov't money is solicited or accepted. So we have a very real need to spread awareness about the need for reconstructive surgery in developing countries. The more people who become inspired, the more that will give the money that supports our work. Hopefully people will appreciate the fact that they can now get it for free and donate so we can do more of what we do best.
We thought that putting a CC license on the film would encourage more people to watch and distribute it, hopefully inspiring them and converting them from small donors to passionate supporters. If you watch the film, you'll see why what we do is so important. For us, that will have greater long-term benefits than just making $10 or $20 from it.
Plus, as an individual (not as an Interplast employee) I wanted to help convince other nonprofits how useful CC licenses can be. So many groups have amazing media about the vital causes they are inspired to work on, but it's siloed away somewhere. Hopefully, this will convince other nonprofits to look at less restrictive licenses for their media so they can cultivate supporters online who have technical skills ready to help advance important causes.
I don't think there's a torrent for it, but in a few hours you will be able to download it through Pando. And as codemonkysteve said, if you donate $10 or more (preferably more!), I'll send you one tomorrow. - fac3less, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Absolutely moving.
Great, great work they're doing here -- keep it up folks. - anonydigg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'm waiting for the torrent. This time I will seed twice!
- mattbrighton, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Fantastic to see more filmmakers engaging with Creative Commons, and making their films more readily available.
- gameguy43, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1funny how it's still embedded with a flash player...
- freefalcon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0http://zixads.com/adview.php?clientid=39&n=af9bc56a
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