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Ourmedia is a media archive, supported by the Internet Archive, which freely hosts any images, text, and video or audio clips which do not violate copyright laws and do not include pornography. The website, which launched on March 21, 2005, was founded by Marc Canter and J.D. Lasica.

The media archive, Ourmedia, Inc. was incorporated as a nonprofit public benefit corporation in the State of California in September 2005.

As of August 2006, Ourmedia had over 110,000 members.

In the Spring of 2007, the site was revamped, and as of August 2007 ourmedia accepts video media in all formats, open and proprietary, but rejects videos containing digital rights management.

The project's Board of Trustees are:

• J.D. Lasica
• Brewster Kahle
• Mia Garlick
• Brad deGraf
• Susan Mernit
• Dave Toole
• John Seely Brown

The Advisory Board includes:

• Lawrence Lessig
• Brewster Kahle
• Howard Rheingold
• Dan Gillmor
• Angela Beesley
• Doc Searls
• James Boyle
• Susan Wu
• Charles Nesson
• Susan Mernit
• Karen Worcman
• Denise Atchley
• Alexander Cohen
• David Bollier
• Richard Prelinger
• Leslie Rule
• Bryan Alexander
• Jon Noring
• Nathon Gunn
• Steve Rosenbaum
• Joaquin Alvarado

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References

External links

• Ourmedia.org
• Video Host TOS comparison

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