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Can I second Sue's call for budding video freaks to produce Permaculture
material. Could I add that clips be distributed under the Creative Commons
licence so that all can make use of them.

The problem with the video production Sue mentions, In Grave Danger of
Falling Fruit, is that it has never been (legally) copied onto DVD and made
available again. VHS (video tape) is a dieing format.

We had a brief discussion around this three or so years ago when people were
lamenting the unavailability of the Global Gardener series, originally
broadcast in 1995 and made available by the ABC on VHS. Someone on the
listserv contacted the producers and the ABC but they indicated there would
be no DVD release, effectively making the series unavailable in future.

Even were it available on DVD, Permaculture educators with a legal frame of
mind would know that the use of the material in their courses may well be
illegal because of copyright restrictions (hence my appeal above for
producers to issue their work under Creative Commons). This has been a
dilemma that has long faced educators.

Educational institutions have rights to use a limited amount of recorded
material but do all Permaculture educators qualify? (any lawyers out there
who can provide accurate info?). Under the Copyright Act, you can use
material for private study but this does not include public showing in a
course. Use of material is permitted for review, but this is really so that
journalists can publish reviews and critiques.

People with the right technology and software can easily rip videotape into
digital format and then copy to DVD and no doubt Permaculture people have
done this, if only because video tape has a relatively short life compared
to digital formats and they want to retain the video production they paid
money for.

I think the lack of Mollison's material, published and distributed legally
on DVD, a bit of a barrier to teaching and popularising Permaculture.
Problem with video production is that, compared to still photographs, print,
online publishing and podcasting, it is time consuming, requires significant
funds for a camera with a resolution approaching anything like broadcast
quality, needs decent editing software and is time consuming to script,
shoot and produce and is time consuming.

Just off-the-cuff thoughts.

...Russ Grayson

On 29/4/07 11:21 AM, "mossmans" <mossmans at internode.on.net> wrote:

> I don't know if you are aware, but on You tube there are some great video
> clips including the Bill Mollison in danger of falling food.
> 
> What great exposure for Permaculture,
> 
> For those who missed the Australian story on Peter Anderson, here is the
> link. 
> This came via the Permaculture list serve
> 
> http://youtube.com/watch?v=a7pMDHJ1sbY&mode=related&search=
>    
> Perhaps for any budding video freaks this would be a great opportunity to
> put more on permaculture skills.
> 
> Sue
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