Hi Rob, Thanks for the feedback. I wish I was able to be there myself.
It looks like much dialogue happened between all participants, and I can't wait to jump into these contexts via your interpretations and perspectives... Then, of course bring my own particular thoughts into the mix ;-) wishing you well. marc > I was at Free?! (http://freeculture.info/) as a speaker. > > The first part of the day was the brunch club. > > http://freeculture.info/free-culture-brunch-club/ > > We gathered around tables to discuss various free culture-related topics > and write notes on the tablecloths. These were later hung in the gallery > upstairs as part of the "(Mis)Interpreting Free Culture Exhibition" art > show accompanying the event. The show is excellent, with a wide range of > thought-provoking work. > > http://freeculture.info/interpreting-free-culture-exhibition/ > > I was on the "tools" table. We discussed what makes a useful free > culture tool, which came down as much to social and community > affordances as technical or legal ones. Blender's community and funding > was repeatedly mentioned as a model. During the discussion I > encountered some excellent projects I hadn't heard of before: > > http://cargocollective.com/natashaberting/Free-Tool-Galaxy > > https://hotglue.me/ > > The second part was the Plenary Debate, which brought together some > leading free culture film producers to discuss how they made their > projects work. > > http://freeculture.info/plenary-debate/ > > It was refreshing to hear a candid discussion of the frustrations and > strengths of crowdfunding approaches based on the long-term experience > of the panel members. Jamie King in particular communicated the > unpredictability of funding, the harsh statistics of who actually pays > for downloads, and the joys of being able to pay artists when they do. > It was also good to see the new Blender short film on a big screen > thanks to Ton Roosendaal: > > http://www.caminandes.com/ > > The last part of the day was the "Winters Night Copyright Fairytale" > event in the evening. > > http://freeculture.info/winter-nights-copyright-fairytale/ > > This brought performances and talks on various free culture themes > together with a framing animation and narrative in the form of a fairytale. > > With the benefit of hindsight I wish I'd fitted my talks more to the > fairytale theme, but I did manage to accidentally fit my slides to its > typographic style. :-) > > Femke Snelting framed the story with readings from remixed newly > out-of-copyright texts by Rabindranath Tagore and Virginia Woolf made > using NLTK. Nikita Mazurov's passion for pirating movies made me wish I > could get to the London Cryptofestival today ( > http://www.cryptoparty.in/london_cryptofestival ) where he's also > speaking. Paul Keller's presentation of the history and possible future > direction of Creative Commons gave me a real confidence boost in that > organization. And there was much more. The event was recorded and I > think it will be online early next year. > > The slides from my talks are available here: > > https://gitorious.org/robmyers/free-one-day-event/ > > Free?! was very much about stepping back and taking stock of Free > Culture. I found being reminded (and helping to remind others) of the > origins and issues of Free Culture inspiring, and looking seriously at > where and how it needs to be rethought invigorating. > > Do have a look at the website if you couldn't make it to the event. > > - Rob. > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
