I would like a non-circumventing solution ;-> On Tue, 13 Feb 2007, Alex Halavais wrote: +On 2/13/07, Paul Jones <pjones@metalab.unc.edu> wrote: +> I am sad however that the presentation itself is only available on youtube +... +> the work is listed as CC license but is only available in non-free formats +> that don't allow for easy remix. + +Well, not *easy* perhaps, but certainly not impossible. There are a +variety of scripts for Firefox that allow for the easy downloading of +video from YouTube. Or you can use one of the online services, e.g.: + +http://www.videodl.org/ + +This will yield a flash video (flv) file that still needs to be +transcoded before it is easily manipulable. I use SUPER on a PC, +usually, but VLC, can perform much the same function on a Mac. + +So, an extra step required in there, but one that I seem to be using +quite a lot lately to make use of materials found on YouTube. Fairly +straightforward to convert to Quicktime to include in a presentation, +etc. + +Alex + +-- +// +// This email is +// [X] assumed public and may be blogged / forwarded. +// [ ] assumed to be private, please ask before redistributing. +// +// Alexander C. Halavais +// Social Architect +// http://alex.halavais.net +// +_______________________________________________ +The air-l@listserv.aoir.org mailing list +is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org +Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org + +Join the Association of Internet Researchers: +http://www.aoir.org/ + ========================================================================== Paul Jones "Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation." Alasdair Gray http://www.ibiblio.org/pjones/blog/ pjones@ibiblio.org voice: (919) 962-7600 fax: (919) 962-8071 ===========================================================================