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By: Lee LeFever

Lee LeFever — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Great thoughts Josh. I like the “publicity policy” idea, and I don’t see it being specific to one organization (as a privacy policy would). You name many organization who are enabling members to build a very public and archived persona. Would the same policy work for all of them? Is the risk inherent in publicity specific to 43 Things or Flickr? I think not.

Perhaps there may be an opportunity for sites with similar philosphies to agree on some kind of common agreement with customers that says something like:

“43 Things is a Public Commons (or whatever name) site. By using this site (and other sites that are members of the Commons) you should be aware that every thing you do here is public and available to anyone on the web. Here are the risks… here are the advantages…”

Is that the kind of thing you’re thinking? I could see some potential for a group of sites to agree and build an identity around the publicity policy.

“Oh, I see that 43 Things is a Public Commons site- that tells me how I should view my participation here.”

By: brainwidth

brainwidth — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

You mention creative commons licensing. Why not follow the Flickr model and empower the users to license their own content as they see fit?

By: Frankie Roberto

Frankie Roberto — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

An interesting post, and bang on cue, too! The Independent has just published an article on 43 things, looking at the site’s relationship with Amazon and quoting me heavily.

See my comments on the article for more info.

Oh and perhaps 43 things could clarify this…

Frankie

By: rick

rick — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

It’s not crazy to want to publicize goals/photos but maintain privacy when there are still old relics of the Web 1.0 around…

By: Chris Campbell

Chris Campbell — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Some great thoughts and ideas on a publicity policy. While it seems obvious that sharing goals on a public site makes what you share available to everyone, judging from some of the discussions that surround Creative Commons licenses and the use of licensed material, there still is a lot education that is required. That being said, I’d love to see Creative Commons licensing on 43 things. It may be good to allow for finer control over what is shared and is not shared, but that may add a bit too much complexity to the whole thing. I love many of the more advanced features of 43 things are only discoved after exploring around. With the api more people will start using the data and having a clear publicity policy will be great to make things clear for everyone. Making the implications of sharing clear will be a great step and I think that it’s a much better approach than a privacy policy. Keep the conversation going!

By: chancer

chancer — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

A great essay that is on the nail.

It’s amazing how we have moved from the MSN messenger TOS that owned copyright in everything transmitted through the service, to the cc license within flickr.

It is the net for the people, and it is happening at the margins driven by small communities, which is not how it is supposed to happen in those big old MBA books.

Add my vote to the ‘for a creative commons license’ pile.

By: Pablo Viojo

Pablo Viojo — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I seriously agree with the idea of creating a kind of ‘publicity policy’. As developer of a project of this kind i’m planning to include a policy of this kind. I would also wanna now if there are any kind of “group” working in the details of this common policy. If so, please contact me pviojo at gmail.com or count me on to start working on it.

Pablo

PS please forgive my errors.