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Release Ozzy Ozone held prisoner by brand guardians!
In September 2007, I wrote about Ozzy Ozone, an energetic, cheerful little ozone molecule – part of the ozone layer in the upper atmosphere that prevents the Sun’s harmful ultra-violet rays from coming...
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UNEP’s search for God: Here’s the way forward to save the planet!
“Content is king — but distribution is God!” With these words, UNEP’s newly appointed Director of Communications and Public Information, Satinder Bindra (photo, above), engaged my attention at a...
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Vulnerability Exposed: Micro films on how climate change affects YOU!
Never underestimate the power of moving images. Al Gore tipped the balance in the long-drawn climate change debate with his Oscar-winning film, An Inconvenient Truth. The rest is recent history. Thanks...
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Climate in Crisis and planet in peril – but we’re squabbling over copyrights!
On my recent visit to Tokyo for a regional workshop on changing climate and moving images, I watched a number of excellent documentary films on the subject. One of them was Crude: The Incredible...
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‘Climate Challenge’ marks turning point in Vietnam’s climate concerns
Many media reports and documentaries on climate change tend to be scary. Even the most balanced and scientifically informed ones caution us about dire scenarios that can rapidly change the world as we...
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Climate change and copyrights: What intellectual property on a dead planet?
Twenty centuries ago, Emperor Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Today, some media companies are squabbling over copyrights while the planet is warming. This is the main thrust of my latest op ed essay,...
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Climate Neros: Films chained, unchained…
“Twenty centuries ago, Emperor Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Today, some media companies are squabbling over copyrights while the planet is warming.” These words, which I first uttered during an...
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Al Jazeera shares broadcast footage through Creative Commons
Al Jazeera has done it again. They were the first mainstream news broadcaster to offer most of its content on YouTube. And now, they have started sharing their news footage online through a Creative...
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Sharing archives: Will broadcasters (finally) put planet before profit?
I have long wondered if both radio and TV broadcasters store their archival material in black holes – into which everything disappears and nothing ever comes out. And certainly, nothing is shared with...
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Moving images blog, two years on: The journey continues…
The Moving Images blog completes two years today. So we pause briefly to look back – and forward. I launched the blog with two posts from near-freezing Washington DC on 17 March 2007, while...
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