ourmedia.org opens [update]
Ourmedia.org opens: Come on in, the media’s fine! | Ourmedia
Share your videos, audio files, photos, text or software – for free – with a global community of creative individuals.
So I guess the idea is basically to have a central place for Open
Content. I guess that the cost of operating a site like that will
probably easily outdo the cost of running Wikipedia, so who is going to foot the bill?
[update]
As johnny points out in an email to me, the question with regards to footing the bill is answered in their FAQ:
Drupal, an open-source content management platform, has agreed to host the site for free through its Bryght
hosted service. Other sites will also participate in this open
registry, storing material on their servers. Most importantly, the Internet Archive has agreed to provide free storage space and free bandwidth for the media files published by our members — forever.
Which is quite a commitment. But I am sure that if need be, people
probably also would be willing to donate for this service in a similar
fashion as they did for Wikipedia. Amazing things are happening.