https://photopedia.kreativkommune.org/ Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:39:11 +0000 MyBB https://photopedia.kreativkommune.org/thread-6.html Fri, 24 Jan 2025 09:23:17 +0100 erik]]> https://photopedia.kreativkommune.org/thread-6.html
Or in general: Who creates content for the site and how (without infringing copyrights!)?]]>
Or in general: Who creates content for the site and how (without infringing copyrights!)?]]> https://photopedia.kreativkommune.org/thread-5.html Fri, 24 Jan 2025 09:22:03 +0100 erik]]> https://photopedia.kreativkommune.org/thread-5.html
The question would be how best to refinance these costs.]]>
The question would be how best to refinance these costs.]]> https://photopedia.kreativkommune.org/thread-4.html Fri, 24 Jan 2025 09:20:58 +0100 erik]]> https://photopedia.kreativkommune.org/thread-4.html
I am not familiar with foreign legal forms. In German law, the only sensible legal form for such a project would be the "eingetragener Verein (e.V.)" (“registered association”), whereby the composition of the association and the board can change without the association itself having to change in any way. In addition, there is an exclusion of liability for the persons acting in a business capacity, which would certainly be an important point in all matters that potentially have to do with law and claims for damages.

Setting up such an association in Germany is relatively cumbersome for anyone who wants to read up on it a little more:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vereinsrecht_(Germany)

And as a Google translated version: https://de-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goo...r_pto=wapp

But perhaps there will be many contributors from other countries who would have a better system for the superstructure of such a site?]]>
I am not familiar with foreign legal forms. In German law, the only sensible legal form for such a project would be the "eingetragener Verein (e.V.)" (“registered association”), whereby the composition of the association and the board can change without the association itself having to change in any way. In addition, there is an exclusion of liability for the persons acting in a business capacity, which would certainly be an important point in all matters that potentially have to do with law and claims for damages.

Setting up such an association in Germany is relatively cumbersome for anyone who wants to read up on it a little more:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vereinsrecht_(Germany)

And as a Google translated version: https://de-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goo...r_pto=wapp

But perhaps there will be many contributors from other countries who would have a better system for the superstructure of such a site?]]> https://photopedia.kreativkommune.org/thread-3.html Fri, 24 Jan 2025 09:13:45 +0100 erik]]> https://photopedia.kreativkommune.org/thread-3.html https://photopedia.kreativkommune.org/thread-2.html)]]> https://photopedia.kreativkommune.org/thread-2.html)]]> https://photopedia.kreativkommune.org/thread-2.html Fri, 24 Jan 2025 09:11:32 +0100 erik]]> https://photopedia.kreativkommune.org/thread-2.html Ideas can be collected and exchanged here about features that you would like to see in such a forum.

For me these would be, for example

• Databases with data on cameras, lenses and other accessories, which can then be searched and sorted according to criteria. Such as “show all lenses with M42 mount” or “show all projection lenses with 42.5mm diameter”
  
• Texts with experience reports (working with certain techniques)
  
• HowTos (how to adapt a lens, how to create a cyanotype)
  
• Link lists
  
• Bibliographies
  

]]> Ideas can be collected and exchanged here about features that you would like to see in such a forum.

For me these would be, for example

• Databases with data on cameras, lenses and other accessories, which can then be searched and sorted according to criteria. Such as “show all lenses with M42 mount” or “show all projection lenses with 42.5mm diameter”
  
• Texts with experience reports (working with certain techniques)
  
• HowTos (how to adapt a lens, how to create a cyanotype)
  
• Link lists
  
• Bibliographies
  

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Many of these things are put online by enthusiasts on personal sites. Apart from the difficulty of finding many of these sites in the first place, they can disappear overnight because the operator may have lost interest, run out of money for the server costs or perhaps have passed away. And then the site and all its knowledge is lost. The Internet Archive does try to save a lot of the old Internet, but we know that the more it is nested in subpages and lots of images, the fewer it becomes.

In a conversation with a colleague, we developed a vision of a central platform where as much of this knowledge as possible can be found - with databases that let you search for cameras, lenses and more and display information about them, blogs with personal experience reports on specific filters, lenses, films, how-tos on various photographic techniques and a community for exchanging ideas. And the big difference is that this should not depend on a single person, but there should be a superstructure that is independent of individual people, so that the departure or passing away of one person does not lead to the end of the project.

I know that people say that if you have visions, you should go to the doctor, and perhaps such a wish is completely utopian. But you shouldn't throw in the towel before you've even tried.

That's why this forum was created - to bring together people who also find this idea exciting and to see whether and how something like this can be implemented.

Therefore, the sub-threads here should be about the following things:

• What features are we interested in immediately / in the long run
  
• What content should be available
  
• On which platform / CMS can this be done
  
• What is the appropriate legal form for the operating organization
  
• How can it be financed?
  
• How to get others on board who already offer exciting content on their sites
  

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Many of these things are put online by enthusiasts on personal sites. Apart from the difficulty of finding many of these sites in the first place, they can disappear overnight because the operator may have lost interest, run out of money for the server costs or perhaps have passed away. And then the site and all its knowledge is lost. The Internet Archive does try to save a lot of the old Internet, but we know that the more it is nested in subpages and lots of images, the fewer it becomes.

In a conversation with a colleague, we developed a vision of a central platform where as much of this knowledge as possible can be found - with databases that let you search for cameras, lenses and more and display information about them, blogs with personal experience reports on specific filters, lenses, films, how-tos on various photographic techniques and a community for exchanging ideas. And the big difference is that this should not depend on a single person, but there should be a superstructure that is independent of individual people, so that the departure or passing away of one person does not lead to the end of the project.

I know that people say that if you have visions, you should go to the doctor, and perhaps such a wish is completely utopian. But you shouldn't throw in the towel before you've even tried.

That's why this forum was created - to bring together people who also find this idea exciting and to see whether and how something like this can be implemented.

Therefore, the sub-threads here should be about the following things:

• What features are we interested in immediately / in the long run
  
• What content should be available
  
• On which platform / CMS can this be done
  
• What is the appropriate legal form for the operating organization
  
• How can it be financed?
  
• How to get others on board who already offer exciting content on their sites
  

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