Eyes on the Screen
I've been remiss.
Today is Eyes on the Screen, a multi-city effort to promote mass screenings of the PBS documentary about the Civil Rights movement, Eyes on the Prize.
I first posted about EotP (and my personal reaction to the documentary itself) here.
Since then, a number of newspapers, commentators and bloggers have written about the copyright issues that are impeding re-broadcast and new sales of the series. Downhill Battl, a "non-profit organization working to support participatory culture and build a fairer music industry," who also brought you Grey Tuesday has mobilized volunteers to host personal or community screenings of various episodes, all on February 8th (today).
If you are interested and you don't have plans for this evening, there might be a screening near you.
The media continues to report on the issue of copyright, with a nod towards the EotP controversy. The New York Times [reg required] has an story about the "battle" over copyright (and Rick Weingarten of ALA-OITP is the first person quoted ... wow!). Democracy Now! devoted an entire segment to the issue of EotP -- one of the guests was my colleague (although I haven't met him yet), Rick Prelinger of the Prelinger Film Archive, a part of the Internet Archive.