Pool (website)

ABC Pool
Web address http://pool.abc.net.au/
Commercial? No
Type of site
 Participatory media
Owner Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Created by ABC
Launched 2008
Current status Closed

ABC Pool was a website housed within the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) as part of ABC Radio National's Multi-platform and Content Development department. The site was launched as a public beta in August 2008[1] and is a space where people can upload, share, collaborate and communicate with other members of the 'Pool' community.[2][3] Some of the best work on the site has resulted in on-air outcomes through programs on ABC Radio National and ABC Open network. ABC Pool was a project that explores the space between broadcast and participatory media.

The site made use of Creative Commons licenses, both releasing limited ABC archival material as CC and allowing users to licence their work as CC.Pool has been one of the ABC's first websites to take advantage of Creative Commons Licensing, enabling Pool's online community to share content within a safe legal framework, allowing for pastiche and adaptation.

The Pool went offline in June 2013,[4] and has been replaced with a summary of the project, and links to archived material.

Activities

Visitors, Members and Community Editors were able to utilise ABC Pool in different ways, with varying degrees of involvement.

Visitors to Pool

Members of Pool

Members who are Community Editors

Awards

References

  1. ↑ ABC Radio National Media Report transcript
  2. ↑ ABC Opens its Archives – Slowly
  3. ↑ Sharing and Remixing Via the ABC
  4. ↑ http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/97461/20130616-0003/pool.abc.net.au/index.html

External links

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