Participatory Culture Foundation

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The Participatory Culture Foundation (PCF) is a non-profit organization based in Worcester, Massachusetts. [1] Its primary project is a free and open-source software Internet television platform called Miro, formerly called the Democracy player. [2] [3] It is also the developer of Broadcast Machine, an open-source video publishing tool. [1]

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A 501(c)(3) organization, the PCF's mission is to "develop technology and services that ensure everyone has access to all that the Internet has to offer", because "information is critical to building a more equitable and peaceful society". [4]

History

The organization was founded in February 2005. The Downhill Battle project precedes PCF. [5]

PCF has received financial support from Andy and Deborah Rappaport and Mitch Kapor. [1] [6] It has also received support from the Surdna Foundation, Knight Foundation, and other private donors. [7]

As of 2006, Nicholas Reville was a co-director of PCF. [8] That year, PCF led a workshop at YearlyKos on how individual citizens can make professional-quality political ad videos and distribute them over the Internet. [8]

On May 29, 2007, the Mozilla Foundation announced that it had awarded PCF a grant to continue their work on its open-source video projects. [9]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Democracy Internet TV Blog: Announcing Miro". Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved August 1, 2007.
  3. ↑ Dibbell, Julian (March 8, 2006). "Mediocre TV". The Village Voice . ProQuest   232289502 . Retrieved September 20, 2024– via ProQuest.
  4. ↑ "Our mission is tied to the structure of our organization". Participatory Culture Foundation. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  5. ↑ "About Page, Participatory Culture Foundation website" . Retrieved August 1, 2007.
  6. ↑ Gonsalves, Antone (September 12, 2005). "Really, Web Video Is For Real". InformationWeek . ProQuest   229167954 . Retrieved September 20, 2024– via ProQuest.
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