There's now some press coverage of the Our Media site (below), and Mercury News says:
The Ourmedia site puts few limits on the type of content that people can submit, beyond a prohibition on pornography and already copyrighted material. How-to videos are as valid as home video of Little League baseball games, student films or political videos. Original music by independent artists is welcome.
The site is not limited to amateurs. Recording artist David Byrne recently uploaded a new single, ''My Fair Lady,'' for example.
The article also says:
Much of Ourmedia's vision is shared by another site called NowPublic ( www.nowpublic.com) that launched this week. Based in Vancouver, B.C., the site allows everyday people to act as editors, reporters and photographers. A user submits ''assignments'' requesting information about a particular topic or event, and others upload video, photos or text to complete the story.
