As a culmination of all the positive momentum that has been going on the past few years all the important Open Video players will be gathering at NYU’s law center for the first of hopefully many Open Video Conferences on June 19th.
The interesting part of this conference is it isn’t exclusively a tech conference. According to their website:
Open Video is a broad-based movement of video creators, technologists, academics, filmmakers, entrepreneurs, activists, remixers, and many others. When most folks think of “open,” they think of open source and open codecs. They’re right—but there’s much more to Open Video. Open Video is the growing movement for transparency, interoperability, and further decentralization in online video. These qualities provide more fertile ground for independent producers, bottom-up innovation, and greater protection for free speech online.
If we have any hopes of success in bringing the general public an understanding of our views on the importance of openness and freedom, forming a larger community with like minded content creators is the next logical step and another piece of the puzzle.
I will be attending the conference as a representative for GNOME. Others should consider registering and attending to represent their own media minded project. I hope to see you there.
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“…all the important Open Video players will be gathering…”
So you’ll have mplayer, vlc etc sitting together at a table?
Comment by Johan — May 29, 2009 @ 2:44 pm
I thought about the pun before I posted but then decided I like it
Comment by J5 — May 29, 2009 @ 3:23 pm
Hey there! I’ve been hearing a lot of video conferencing these days on television like the advertisements of CISCO. It feels really great that people are moving forward in technology.
Comment by Video Conferencing — June 5, 2009 @ 2:34 am