Critical Commons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 | |
| Founder | Steve F. Anderson |
|---|---|
Designer | Erik Loyer |
Parent organization | USC School of Cinematic Arts |
| Website | criticalcommons |
Critical Commons is an online repository of user-generated media. The archive is a project of the Media Arts and Practice division of the USC School of Cinematic Arts. The project supports the fair use of copyrighted media by educators.
Critical Commons was established in 2008 by Steve F. Anderson and is an ongoing project of the Media Arts and Practice division of the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Critical Commons was designed by Erik Loyer and developed using the free software video sharing system Plumi by the Asia-Pacific based EngageMedia and the Greece-based design collective Unweb.me.[1] The site was launched with funding from the Macarthur Foundation's Digital Media and Learning Initiative[2][3] and is part of an ongoing debate within higher education about the need for limitations and exceptions to copyright.[4][5]