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- From: Allison Brown <allison.brown AT otago.ac.nz>
- To: "'Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand discussion'" <cc-nz AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Cc-nz] reportback from IRGO unConference
- Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:21:12 +1300
Thanks Danyl for the report. I was unfortunately unable to attend so this gives me a
great overview of what was covered Regards Allison ********************************************************* Find some treasures in the Library Digital Collections http://digital.otago.ac.nz/
-----Original Message----- Kia ora koutou The IRGO unConference produced some stimulating
discussion about the future of internet usage and the angles that researchers
from various academic disciplines are taking towards it. I had to
travel down to Otepoti on Monday morning, so unfortunately I missed the
keynote address by Professor Greg Hearn (of QUT, where some of
the Oz CC team are based), and the first few sessions. I arrived in time to attend two of the afternoon panels.
The first, Building Communities Online, was focussed mainly on how
to make money out of online communities, whereas I would rather have
heard more about how and why people gather in online communities and
what useful purposes they serve beyond the financial. The second,
about Mobile Internet, revealed that although kiwi users have a high
level of internet adoption overall, we are behind in our adoption
of mobile internet. This may be because of the availability of
cabled services, and the (perceived) high cost of mobile services. Many
developing countries have limited cable infrastructure, meaning cell
phone use is more ubiquitous and mobile internet more intuitive. The panel I put forward, Copy Rights, Copyleft, and the CreativeCommons, was the first session on Tuesday
morning, and with no other panel up against it, we had good numbers, and an
enthusiastic discussion. Thanks again to my fellow panelists; Pam
McKinley, an arts teacher at Otago Polytech, and Alan Toy, a law lecturer
at Otago University. I showed the 2min video 'Wanna Work Together', which
explains briefly how CC works, and answered some questions about the
different license conditions. One or two baffling questions came up. For
example, how are CC licenses are affected by different copyright
durations across jurisdictions? If something is licensed under a NZ CC
license, and goes into the public domain, can the license conditions
still be enforced in the US, where a copyright last longer? I have
to admit I think of a CC license as part of a conversation between
artist and audience, and I haven't thought much about enforcement.
The next session, on Digital Content, followed on nicely. One aspect of the unConference format was the
'flashmeets', spaces for spontaneous discussions arising out of the pre-arranged
panels. I participated in one flashmeet where we explored the
question of whether open source represents a break with the political
economy of capitalism, or a reform within it. My observation is that
libre/ open licensing (and the collaborative, participatory
productions models that seem to go with it) attracts people who would
support each of those options. One can find examples of both flat,
post-capitalist management structures and the strict bearaucratic
heirarchy of traditional corporates contributing to libre development,
sometimes working on the same libre project. The participation of
IBM and Novell in Linux development is one such example. Certainly free
software also attracts anti-corporate advocates like myself, but an
across-the-board adoption of libre licensing of software and media would
not necessarily require or precipitate an anti-capitalist
revolution, although it would be a social revolution of a sort. There
was also some discussion of levels of female participation, which
is apparently around 20% in open source development, but higher in
proprietary development. The programme concluded with a discussion on the
potential for future unConferences, and a keynote by Brett Telfer from
Telecom, who was quizzed about how Telecom is planning to add various new
cable and wireless services to Telecom's traditional landline,
cell, and internet offerings. As always with such events, some of the most productive
conversations happened during the breaks, and over drinks after the
days sessions were over. One project that we cooked up was a research
page on existing business models for online media distribution
that aspire to make it possible for artists to make a living from their
art, while incorporating CC licensing. Potentially this could be
hosted on the CC.org wiki. I also spoke to Jordan Carter from InternetNZ about a
conference on defending the open internet, which he wants to hold in
Poneke in 2010. This could be an opportunity to hold another discussion
on copyright in the era of online distribution, and bring together
some people who are keen to work on promoting and educating about CC to
do some brainstorming. Overall, the internet unConference was a great idea, and
successfully executed. It's a shame that KiwiCon is on in Poneke so
soon after, I'd like to have held a session on CC there as well. If
anyone is going, please see if there is any opportunity to bring CC into
the programme. RnB Danyl -- "A free society is a society where it is safe to be
unpopular." - Adlai E. Stevenson Jr "Be who you are and say what you feel because those
who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr Suess http://strypey.orconhosting.net.nz/contacts.html _______________________________________________ cc-nz mailing list cc-nz AT lists.ibiblio.org http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-nz Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand http://www.creativecommons.org.nz/ |
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[Cc-nz] reportback from IRGO unConference,
Danyl Strype, 11/25/2009
- Re: [Cc-nz] reportback from IRGO unConference, Jessica Coates, 11/25/2009
- Re: [Cc-nz] reportback from IRGO unConference, Allison Brown, 11/25/2009
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