KEEP THE INTERNET FREE AND OPEN FOR EVERYONE

If you believe that the Internet should remain an open and free platform for everyone, you should know about Get Miro.

Whether your video masterpiece is your baby’s birthday party or your company’s marketing demo, Internet video is getting easier to distribute all the time. As video producers, we applaud the opportunity to share our unique visions.

Video producers seeking an audience on the Internet need to be concerned with net neutrality and help ensure that the network’s direction continues toward openness. Easy distribution of individually produced videos gives a voice to anyone who wants it.

That’s what Get Miro is all about. The site is a non-profit organization dedicated especially to providing anyone and everyone with a platform for their videos on the Internet. Its mission statement includes a goal to “open media and culture to more people than ever before.” Unlike commercial sites, Get Miro actively promotes keeping the Internet an open source platform for kids. They want to make sure that no voice is silenced by the elite, rich and powerful.

Indeed, that is a lofty goal that we all must actively pursue. The Internet must remain free from corporate domination and control. Get Miro is operated by the Participatory Culture Foundation, PCF, based in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

His dream is to build a new massive open online television medium. To do that, they operate the Miro Internet TV platform, which is “designed to make watching Internet video channels as easy as watching TV.” They make it easy for anyone to operate a personal and individualized transmission channel. Unlike traditional television, which is expensive to produce, everyone willing to post a video online will have a voice. According to its website, Get Miro’s decision to become a non-profit organization confirms its dedication to this goal. they say they have seen too many for-profit companies lose their values ​​as financial pressures mount. Dedicated founders leave, or are acquired by companies obsessed with the bottom line. Fire up any corporate TV news network and see if you disagree!

Unlike the corporate media, PCF wants to be accountable to its user community and the public. No venture capitalist or shareholder can force the board of directors into a direction that is bad for users but good for the bottom line. Trust me when I promise you that is NOT Rupert Murdoch’s philosophy.

As television moves online, we are faced with a crucial decision. Will it be open like the internet? Or will it be controlled by a small number of gatekeepers like cable and broadcast television? Think of all the diversity you find on the Internet now. I cringe at the thought of it disappearing, but it could happen.

How would you feel if some bean counter somewhere decided you shouldn’t be wasting your time watching funny viral videos, so they shut it down?

Oh!

Let’s all work hard to make sure that never happens.

Have Miro get my approval for his efforts.