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Digital Tipping Point: Victor Stone talks about music, Free Software, Creative Commons and life at Microsoft 01
- Publication date
- 2004
- Topics
- Victor Stone, Stone, Victor, Creative Commons, Music and Free Open Source Software, Creative Commons and Free Open Source Software, Magnatune
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- DTP Crew
This is one of many short video segments which will be added to the Digital Tipping Point (DTP) archive.Thanks to Thomas King, a writer for Linux.com and LXer, for doing the rough editing for this series of interview segments!
Microsoft is a fascinating company. Even its staunchest critics have respect for it the same way that they might respect the power of a massive hurricane. Microsoft is simply a force of nature. Which is part of the fascination of the Digital Tipping Point film, because we are documenting the changes that the Free Open Source Software will bring to global culture, and part of those changes will hit Microsoft. We think that Microsoft will undergo a radical transformation sometime in the near future.
And this interview with Microsoft insider Victor Stone helps understand Microsoft as only a former insider can. Victor's interview is particularly interesting because he has worked in developing some Free Open Source Software, and he is also a musician who works with music licensed under the Creative Commons, which is a licenseing framework inspired the Free Open Source Software licenses. Victor himself is wickedly intelligence, witty, incisive, and articulate. He has an unusual balance between the exacting mind of a software developer and the creative spirit of a musician. This interview is raw, rough edited footage not meant to be watched all the way through, and yet Victor is interesting enough that many people will want to watch most of his interview. Of course, since we present the interview chopped up into 29 segments of about 4 minutes each, you will have lots of flexibility in watching the video as you see fit.
Coincidentally, segment 14 of this interview will take our video collection to 1,100 items of about 5 minutes (average) on the Internet Archive's Digital Tipping Point Video Collection.
In segment 01 (Tape 146~005), Victor introduces himself as a self-employed free spirit activist working on the Creative Commons (cc) and several other activist activities. He found out about cc while sampling music as part of his own music. He noticed the cc logo, and investigated. He discovered that there was a lot of organized thinking in the cc movement that resonated with his sense that it was necessary to share music, content and software on a coherent fashion without attacking the music industry establishment. As soon as he became aware of the cc, he wanted to contribute artistically. He immediately made all of his work available under a cc license. He also started favoring cc music in his remixes and in his music. He also sought out the company of musicians who contributed their work to the cc pool. He was most impressed with Magnatune, a record label that makes all of its work available under a cc license. He became even more enthused about Magnatune when he found out that they are actually making money for their signed artists. And Magnatune has a wide range of music genres available for free non-commercial download.
This footage is our raw rough-cut footage. It lacks transitions, music, special effectsor finish rendering. It is our "source code". Please feel free to rip, mix and burn this footage consistent with our Creative Commons license as disclosed on this page.
All of the segments of Victor Stone's interview can be found here:
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv146_sf_02_victor_stone_foss_activism_005.ogg (segment 01)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv146_sf_02_victor_stone_foss_activism_006.ogg (segment 02)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv146_sf_02_victor_stone_foss_activism_007.ogg (segment 03)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv146_sf_02_victor_stone_foss_activism_008.ogg (segment 04)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv146_sf_02_victor_stone_foss_activism_009.ogg (segment 05)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv147_sf_02_victor_stone_foss_activism_001.ogg (segment 06)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv147_sf_02_victor_stone_foss_activism_002.ogg (segment 07)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv147_sf_02_victor_stone_foss_activism_003.ogg (segment 08)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv147_sf_02_victor_stone_foss_activism_004.ogg (segment 09)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv147_sf_02_victor_stone_foss_activism_005.ogg (segment 10)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv147_sf_02_victor_stone_foss_activism_006.ogg (segment 11)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv147_sf_02_victor_stone_foss_activism_007.ogg (segment 12)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv147_sf_02_victor_stone_foss_activism_008_009.ogg (segment 13)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv148_sf_03_victor_stone_foss_activism_001.ogg (segment 14)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv148_sf_03_victor_stone_foss_activism_002.ogg (segment 15)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv148_sf_03_victor_stone_foss_activism_003.ogg (segment 16)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv148_sf_03_victor_stone_foss_activism_004.ogg (segment 17)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv148_sf_03_victor_stone_foss_activism_005.ogg (segment 18)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv148_sf_03_victor_stone_foss_activism_006.ogg (segment 19)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv148_sf_03_victor_stone_foss_activism_007.ogg (segment 20)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv148_sf_03_victor_stone_foss_activism_008.ogg (segment 21)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv149_sf_04_victor_stone_foss_activism_001.ogg (segment 22)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv149_sf_04_victor_stone_foss_activism_001.ogg (segment 23)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv149_sf_04_victor_stone_foss_activism_001.ogg (segment 24)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv149_sf_04_victor_stone_foss_activism_001.ogg (segment 25)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv149_sf_04_victor_stone_foss_activism_001.ogg (segment 26)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv149_sf_04_victor_stone_foss_activism_001.ogg (segment 27)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv149_sf_04_victor_stone_foss_activism_001.ogg (segment 28)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv149_sf_04_victor_stone_foss_activism_008_009.ogg (segment 29)
If you like this segment, please consider typing up a summary for it and emailing that summary to Christian Einfeldt at einfeldt@gmail.com. Your work will be credited and posted on this page.
The DTP will be many, many films created by the global open source video community about how open source is changing their lives. We, the DTP crew, are submitting this footage for anyone to rip, mix, and burn under the Creative Commons Attribute - ShareAlike license. We welcome edits, transcriptions, graphics, music, and animation contributions to the film. Please send a link for any contributions to Christian Einfeldt at einfeldt@gmail.com.
Or, if you would like to contribute by directly transcribing this particular video segment, you can do so by going here:
http://digitaltippingpoint.com/wiki/index.php/Tape_146
and typing the audio as you hear it into the wiki. Please be sure to add the transcription for this segment under: Segment 005, Victor Stone
You can find other ways to contribute by going to our wiki front page here:
http://digitaltippingpoint.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Thanks for viewing our video!
Microsoft is a fascinating company. Even its staunchest critics have respect for it the same way that they might respect the power of a massive hurricane. Microsoft is simply a force of nature. Which is part of the fascination of the Digital Tipping Point film, because we are documenting the changes that the Free Open Source Software will bring to global culture, and part of those changes will hit Microsoft. We think that Microsoft will undergo a radical transformation sometime in the near future.
And this interview with Microsoft insider Victor Stone helps understand Microsoft as only a former insider can. Victor's interview is particularly interesting because he has worked in developing some Free Open Source Software, and he is also a musician who works with music licensed under the Creative Commons, which is a licenseing framework inspired the Free Open Source Software licenses. Victor himself is wickedly intelligence, witty, incisive, and articulate. He has an unusual balance between the exacting mind of a software developer and the creative spirit of a musician. This interview is raw, rough edited footage not meant to be watched all the way through, and yet Victor is interesting enough that many people will want to watch most of his interview. Of course, since we present the interview chopped up into 29 segments of about 4 minutes each, you will have lots of flexibility in watching the video as you see fit.
Coincidentally, segment 14 of this interview will take our video collection to 1,100 items of about 5 minutes (average) on the Internet Archive's Digital Tipping Point Video Collection.
In segment 01 (Tape 146~005), Victor introduces himself as a self-employed free spirit activist working on the Creative Commons (cc) and several other activist activities. He found out about cc while sampling music as part of his own music. He noticed the cc logo, and investigated. He discovered that there was a lot of organized thinking in the cc movement that resonated with his sense that it was necessary to share music, content and software on a coherent fashion without attacking the music industry establishment. As soon as he became aware of the cc, he wanted to contribute artistically. He immediately made all of his work available under a cc license. He also started favoring cc music in his remixes and in his music. He also sought out the company of musicians who contributed their work to the cc pool. He was most impressed with Magnatune, a record label that makes all of its work available under a cc license. He became even more enthused about Magnatune when he found out that they are actually making money for their signed artists. And Magnatune has a wide range of music genres available for free non-commercial download.
This footage is our raw rough-cut footage. It lacks transitions, music, special effectsor finish rendering. It is our "source code". Please feel free to rip, mix and burn this footage consistent with our Creative Commons license as disclosed on this page.
All of the segments of Victor Stone's interview can be found here:
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv146_sf_02_victor_stone_foss_activism_005.ogg (segment 01)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv146_sf_02_victor_stone_foss_activism_006.ogg (segment 02)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv146_sf_02_victor_stone_foss_activism_007.ogg (segment 03)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv146_sf_02_victor_stone_foss_activism_008.ogg (segment 04)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv146_sf_02_victor_stone_foss_activism_009.ogg (segment 05)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv147_sf_02_victor_stone_foss_activism_001.ogg (segment 06)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv147_sf_02_victor_stone_foss_activism_002.ogg (segment 07)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv147_sf_02_victor_stone_foss_activism_003.ogg (segment 08)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv147_sf_02_victor_stone_foss_activism_004.ogg (segment 09)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv147_sf_02_victor_stone_foss_activism_005.ogg (segment 10)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv147_sf_02_victor_stone_foss_activism_006.ogg (segment 11)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv147_sf_02_victor_stone_foss_activism_007.ogg (segment 12)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv147_sf_02_victor_stone_foss_activism_008_009.ogg (segment 13)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv148_sf_03_victor_stone_foss_activism_001.ogg (segment 14)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv148_sf_03_victor_stone_foss_activism_002.ogg (segment 15)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv148_sf_03_victor_stone_foss_activism_003.ogg (segment 16)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv148_sf_03_victor_stone_foss_activism_004.ogg (segment 17)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv148_sf_03_victor_stone_foss_activism_005.ogg (segment 18)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv148_sf_03_victor_stone_foss_activism_006.ogg (segment 19)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv148_sf_03_victor_stone_foss_activism_007.ogg (segment 20)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv148_sf_03_victor_stone_foss_activism_008.ogg (segment 21)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv149_sf_04_victor_stone_foss_activism_001.ogg (segment 22)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv149_sf_04_victor_stone_foss_activism_001.ogg (segment 23)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv149_sf_04_victor_stone_foss_activism_001.ogg (segment 24)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv149_sf_04_victor_stone_foss_activism_001.ogg (segment 25)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv149_sf_04_victor_stone_foss_activism_001.ogg (segment 26)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv149_sf_04_victor_stone_foss_activism_001.ogg (segment 27)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv149_sf_04_victor_stone_foss_activism_001.ogg (segment 28)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv149_sf_04_victor_stone_foss_activism_008_009.ogg (segment 29)
If you like this segment, please consider typing up a summary for it and emailing that summary to Christian Einfeldt at einfeldt@gmail.com. Your work will be credited and posted on this page.
The DTP will be many, many films created by the global open source video community about how open source is changing their lives. We, the DTP crew, are submitting this footage for anyone to rip, mix, and burn under the Creative Commons Attribute - ShareAlike license. We welcome edits, transcriptions, graphics, music, and animation contributions to the film. Please send a link for any contributions to Christian Einfeldt at einfeldt@gmail.com.
Or, if you would like to contribute by directly transcribing this particular video segment, you can do so by going here:
http://digitaltippingpoint.com/wiki/index.php/Tape_146
and typing the audio as you hear it into the wiki. Please be sure to add the transcription for this segment under: Segment 005, Victor Stone
You can find other ways to contribute by going to our wiki front page here:
http://digitaltippingpoint.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Thanks for viewing our video!
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Please give attribution for this snip to DigitalTippingPoint.com
For credits for this segment and all segments for the DTP main film, please go to this website:
http://digitaltippingpoint.com/?q=node/12
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- Christian Einfeldt, einfeldt at g mail dot com
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- 2008-11-09 08:26:06
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