http://openvideoconference.org/
the lectures/presentations/Q&As can be watched online.
1791 : Free Speech
1965 : Free Voting
1983 : Free Software
2009 : Free Video
These folks are attempting to set in place a platform which is unemcumbered by the restrictions the current video systems are. FireFox announced that the forthcoming version 3.5 will support the Ogg Video codec (theora : http://theora.org/ : http://xiph.org/) This will allow content creators to input video onto website (specific video tag) in an easier fashion and it won't be in a flash container or behind other codec's which are proprietary.
Another forthcoming project is Metavid.org. This is a system which wikipedia will be implementing which will allow users to place & edit video into wiki's. So when you look at the wikipedia entry for a location, users can place their homevideos into that entry. Right now the system works with the online C-Span repository. You can search the transcripts and cut the video pieces you want together then blog about this issue. The system is being used to find hypocritical congress critters who say they'll do one thing on the floor of congress but their http://www.opensecrets.org/ say something different.
There was a another online video editing system which was shown briefly. can't find the website but I thought it was called, pad.me. (have to ask them if it's a SW ref...) [EDIT: the correct website name is pad.ma]
DVD Jon of DeCSS fame gave a lecture about his experiences.
Generally the open source video movement seemed to me to be in the process of moving all the tools which were created in the EditDroid system, which then moved into software controlled by companies, those tools we're then moved to open software systems/operating systems, and now are in the progress of going online, through a browser interface. Listened into a conversation between one of the VLC engineers and Mozilla folks talk about how to get Internet Explorer to play the Ogg format. Since that's where the major market share is and Microsoft will not do it until the movement overwhelms them, or someone does it for them.
Handed out a few copies of tBSWM. But since not every aspect of the disc is 'open', I didn't waste too many people's time. Plus from the sound of it, the idea of a video searching system is not in the 5 year plan. But everyone was nice while I rambled about my random ideas on the future of video interaction.
The Mozilla presentation also had a feature which will allow users to add too/modify video sources. I remember reading a NYTimes article about a system in Japan which allows people to add text and other graphic elements to online sources. Might be a fun way to add interactivity to tBSWM FAQ videos, people could add their comments about the clips and with Metavid things can be rearranged into something better.
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Wired article which explains it better:
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/06/open-video-conference-pushes-for-free-ubiquitous-video/