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| Commercial | No |
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| Launched | March 2006 |
| Current status | Inactive |
Metavid is a free-software wiki-based community archive project for audio video media. The site hosts public domain US legislative footage.[1] It was started as a Digital Arts/New Media MFA thesis project of Michael Dale and Abram Stern under the advisement of Professor Warren Sack in late 2005 at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Its continued development is supported by a grant from the Sunlight Foundation.[2] It works by using a "simple Linux box to record everything that C-SPAN shoots", which can then be used to provide "brief searchable clips using closed-captioning text".[3]
- ^ Jones, K.C. (June 23, 2008). "Web Sites Push For More Transparency and Accessibility In Government". InformationWeek. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
- ^ "UCSC Receives $157,000 to Support Open Archive of Congressional Proceedings". Newswise. May 7, 2007. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
- ^ Costa, Dan (June 26, 2008). "Think Past the Internet ATM". PC Magazine. Retrieved October 13, 2010.