FirstLight
Scott Leslie,
EdTech Post,
Dec 06, 2004
Scott Leslie points to and comments on FirstLight, a "Canadian example of digital rights managment for digital media." This is obviously a major collection and they've brought in a wide variety of suppliers - commercial content only, of course (we can't let the free content compete on an equal basis, now could we). As Scott comments, "the site uses a lot of Javascript, frames and flash which makes it a real pain to try and point out specific aspects to you." No RSS feeds or any sort of syndication of any sort - and it won't let you see any pricing unless you log in. And if you do log in, you will be astonished at the cost of the images. And get this - even after you pay, "additional clearance may be required for images containing copyrighted materials, news events or public figures." I'm putting this on my list: a searchable syndicated distributed database of free images (like NGO Photos, a Finnish collection of free photos, maybe). Because, honestly, this is just gouging, pure and simple.
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