[cc-community] Creative Commons Q.A/Workshop for Interactive Arts community
vade
doktorp at mac.com
Wed Jun 29 11:08:32 EDT 2005
Ah, the Share email should be : share-admin at share.dj
Apologies!
On Jun 28, 2005, at 10:08 PM, vade wrote:
> Hello List (and share folk)
>
> I have a question regarding the possibility of setting up a
> workshop/Q.A. session for an interactive/performance art collective
> in New York City.
>
> I am one of the longtime members of Share (http://share.dj), "a
> weekly open multimedia jam and community for portable performers",
> and wed like to learn about Copyright/left, and the creative
> commons licensing (and how best to use it) in our context.
>
> Basically, every sunday we host a free event that is open to the
> public for live audio and video jamming. People bring laptops,
> homemade electronics, sensors, custom software, etc, and join a
> collaborative realtime improved performance. We occasionally host
> workshops for audio and video, programming languages, etc, and
> would love for a Creative Commons representative, or anyone
> qualified in copyright law to possibly give a small workshop on
> Copyright (and left!). Basically, we are curious what we as a
> community need to be aware of in our environment (an open to the
> public, live,and importantly recorded jam session type
> environment), and what the public joining the jam should be made
> aware of. We would want to record this workshop, and share it with
> the world as well. Wed like to begin posting our extensive audio
> archive online, and would want to document and record parts of our
> upcoming nights. Obviously, since this is an open to the public
> event, we have to worry about disclaimers, people playing their
> (and others) copyrighted material. Im sure you can see where this
> gets complicated!
>
> Our website has creative commons licensed material (and the content
> management system that drives it will soon be an open source-
> creative commons powered project..), We love what Creative Commons
> is doing and most of us feel its right in line with what we are all
> about, but none of us are fully qualified to speak about any of
> these issues to our community in a knowledgeable way. Our project
> is growing (there is now a Share event in Montreal), and we have
> received non-profit status/coverage from NYFA and would like to
> start fund raising, larger event planning, etc. So I woudl imagine
> we have to prepare for some sort of legal foundation to protect
> ourselves. Ive tried to arrange for a member of the EFF to possibly
> speak, but unfortunately that has fallen though. Since the Creative
> Commons are arts oriented, I'd imagine you all would have a good
> foundation for helping us.
>
> If anyone has any suggestions, would like to help out, or has any
> pointers in general, please let me or the share administrators know
> ( admin at share.dj ).
>
> Thanks again, and I look forward to hearing from you all.
>
> -vade ///
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