About the name:
Sobre el nombre:

I wonder if anyone on this list already knows one of the people
involved with this other "ourmedia" project and would want to open a
discussion with them -- they are people involved with the Internet
Archive and other projects. They seem to only recently have adopted
this as a new name for their project and perhaps they might be open to
discussing how to resolve the use of the same name if we catch them
before all their letterhead and logos are printed and are able to
discuss with some awareness of shared values.

Names are here: http://www.open-media.org/about.html   (I don't know
them, but know people who know them)

It seems it could be a wonderful project for this network to connect
to, if we can avoid confusion and conflict over the name.

Trademark is possible, but it would have to belong to an organization,
so some institution would "own" it or the current network would need to
incorporate a new entity. Both of those things take time and legal
expenses, even if there is a chance we would win any battle since we
have used the name since 2000.

Quizas alguien en nuestro grupo conoce uno de las personas del otro
proyecto "ourmedia" y puede empezar una discusion sobre el uso del
mismo nombre. (Informacion en ingles:
http://www.open-media.org/about.html) - Yo no conosco ellos pero tengo
amigos que conocen.

Parece que este otro proyecto puede ser un buen amigo o "partner" a
nuestro red, si podemos evitar confusion y conflicto sobre el nombre.

Para tener una marca registrada sobre el nombre "ourmedia" necesitamos
un institucion .. en los disciones en el red mucha gente dice que les
gusta que "ourmedia" no tiene una casa en un organization. Tambien,
nececitamos dinero y tiempo para obtener o defender una marca
registrada.



Aliza Dichter



On Nov 29, 2004, at 7:15 PM, Janice Windborne wrote:

> I would argue that it's a good idea to register our trademark.  The
> other organization has a function quite closely related to ours in
> some ways.  Does anyone have objection?  does anyone have expertise in
> this?
> JW
>
> Janice K.Windborne, Ph.D.
> Department of Media, Journalism & Film
> Southwest Missouri State University
> Springfield, MO 65804
> USA
>
> 001 417 836 4156
> 001 417 836 4637 (FAX)
> On Nov 29, 2004, at 2:11 PM, John Higgins wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>  I wonder -- is it worthwhile for the organization to consider
>> registering a trademark or whatever for the name OURMedia /
>> NUESTROSMedios?  If not, and should another group register the name,
>> is it possible we might find ourselves prevented from using the
>> name?  Or maybe this is really not a concern for our organization?
>>  Take care,
>>  John Higgins
>>
>>  =================
>>  ¿Hola,
>>  yo no es seguro, sino es de mérito que la organización considere el
>> colocar de una marca registrada para el OURMedia/el NUESTROSMedios
>> conocidos?  ¿Si no, y debe otro grupo colocar el nombre, es él
>> posible nosotros pudo encontrarse prevenidos de usar el nombre?  ¿O
>> esto no es quizá realmente una preocupación por nuestra organización?
>>  John Higgins
>>
>>  =====================
>>  Hello,
>>  mim não é certo, mas é de valor para a organização considerar
>> registar uma marca registrada para o OURMedia/NUESTROSMedios
>> conhecidos?  If.not, e deve um outro grupo registar o nome, é ele
>> possível nós pôde encontrar-se impedidos de usar o nome?  Ou talvez
>> este não é realmente um interesse para nossa organização?
>>  John Higgins
>>
>>
>>  =======
>>  At 09:59 AM 11/29/2004, Maja van der Velden wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>>  I read about this on another list:
>>
>>  about Ourmedia
>>  Create. Upload. Share. Talk about it. That's what Ourmedia is all
>> about.
>>  Ourmedia: The Global Home for Grassroots Media is a place where
>> people can share works of personal media and have them stored forever
>> — for free.
>>  Digital stories, photo albums, video diaries, documentary
>> journalism, home-brew political ads, music videos, children's tales,
>> Flash animations, student films, parodies of Hollywood films — all
>> kinds of digital works have begun to flourish as the Web matures into
>> a rich multimedia network.
>>
>>  http://www.open-media.org/
>>
>>  Greetings, Maja
>>
>>
>>  Maja van der Velden
>>  http://www.globalagenda.org
>> <br>
>>  </blockquote></x-html>