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diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.29.07/Wed/democracy.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.29.07/Wed/democracy.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..982523b --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.29.07/Wed/democracy.txt @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +Mozilla will give a $100,000 grant to the Participatory Culture Foundation, the developers behind the Democracy Player media aggregator. [Democracy Player][3], which will soon be renamed [Miro][1] to avoid confusion about its purpose, is a mashup of RSS, media player and torrent client functionality. + +Mozilla says that the grant came about in part because the Participatory Culture Foundation shares a number of ideological goals with Mozilla, but also because Democracy/Miro uses some Mozilla technology. + +The Participatory Culture Foundation's mission statement reads, "we think free, open-source, open standards internet TV is our best shot at a solution" to the contentious world of internet video, which matches quite closely with Mozilla's own goal of providing "choice and innovation on the internet," as Seth Bindernagel of Mozilla [writes on his blog][2]. + +Hopefully the investment will help Democracy Player raise its visibility somewhat since thus far it has largely been flying under the radar. See our [review of the latest version of Democracy Player][4] for more info. + +[1]: http://www.getmiro.com/ "Miro" +[2]: http://blog.mozilla.com/seth/2007/05/29/mozilla-grant-to-pcf/ "Mozilla grant to PCF" +[3]: http://www.getdemocracy.com/ "Democracy Player" +[4]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/05/new_watched_fol.html "New 'Watched Folders' Turn Democracy Player Into Media Hub"
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