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Subject: Creative Commons-Eyebeam Forum 2003 November 12-19

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  • From: tompoe AT amihost.com
  • To: cc-eyebeam AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [cc-eyebeam] Re: Welcome to Distributed Creativity
  • Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 17:29:22 -0500 (EST)


" . . .they propose a distributed approach
to legal innovation: open
licenses, tools for community activism, and
consciousness-raising exhibitions.

Will these innovations suffice to ensure a
creative commons for current and emerging
culture? "

I'd like to raise two comments/ideas to consider:
First, I think there might be one more option in your list, that of
"interactive consciousness-raising exhibitions".

The computer, for many, represents empowerment of the individual, in the same
way the Gutenburg Press represented empowerment of the People. With that in
mind, the Internet offers an interactive means for the world community to
communicate. Corporate interests view this form of communication as an
intriguing distribution channel for their products. If, as they would have
their way, the communications capabilities of the Internet could be closed,
the opportunity to shift empowerment of the individual to a few would enable
a major streamlining of yet another distribution channel for them (whoever
they are that view themselves as content providers).

It will be through interactive consciousness-raising exhibitions that we
should see current and emerging culture prevail.

Second, the Creative Commons Project offers a means for identifying those
works that favor the empowerment of the individual. By that, I mean, our
present copyright law does not meet the needs of those who utilize the
Internet for offering and receiving information about their products or
creative works. However, the "tagging" of works licensed under the Creative
Commons Project provides the legal foundation for what seems like an
alternative system for operating in the Digital Age.

There is no question, that once the corporate interests recognize the power
of the Creative Commons Project, that we'll see a movement towards acceptance
of this approach. After all, licensing through the Creative Commons provides
the license holder with ownership rights into perpetuity. The drawback is,
the world community will be able to easily identify those who would abuse
such a system, and choose not to participate in purchasing or supporting such
entities.

This is a form of interactive consciousness-raising exhibition as I
understand the phrase.

Another form is found in our model for assisting communities to build and
operate community-based recording studios. From musicians, to artists, to
authors, to small businesses, to nonprofit organizations, the tools
(multi-media computers) empower communities to participate in fund-raising,
marketing, and audience-building at no cost to the users.

Yet one more example, on another level, is to be seen with SONG STORM, a
playlist contest site. Here, visitors can access music through song lists,
or playlists, internet stations that play those songs, and the artists that
create those songs. The Fan Clubs section provides a means to participate in
Digital Age fashion, replacing the licensing agencies that now perform the
function of enforcement of artist rights. These clubs are actually
self-policing tools for individuals in the arts.

Such models will ensure a creative commons for current and emerging culture
around the world.




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