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[Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock AT okfn.org>]

I thought the list might be interested in this forum on open content 
which takes place a week tomorrow.

Regards,

Rufus Pollock

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= Forum on Open Content =

  * www: http://www.openknowledgefoundation.org/okforums/content/
  * registration (optional): email okforums-info [at] okfn.org
  * previous forums: http://www.openknowledgefoundation.org/okforums/

== Where and When ==

  * When: Wednesday 22nd February 2006, 7-9pm
  * Where: Stanhope Centre, Marble Arch, London.
    * Directions: http://www.stanhopecentre.org/about/directions.shtml
    * Map: http://tinyurl.com/dlrpt

  * Who can attend: public. Registration is optional but useful so 
please notify us if you can via: okforums-info [at] okfn.org

  * Who is speaking:
   * Paula LeDieu, iCommons
   * Cory Doctorow, Writer and Campaigner
   * Tom Chance, RemixReading
   * Jennifer Rigby, BBC Creative Archive

== Subject Matter ==

This forum will focus on 'open content', that is works such as books, 
music, and films which are provided under terms that allow for free 
access, redistribution and re-use.

Open 'content' it would seem is everywhere what with Yahoo announcing 
there were over 50 million web pages licensed under Creative Commons, 
Microsoft teaming up with the British Library to digitize 100,000 out of 
copyright books (under the aegis of the Open Content Alliance), and the 
BBC piloting the Creative Archive project which will make large sections 
of its back catalogue available for free online.

The forum provides a chance to discuss these dramatic changes as well as 
to ask important questions such as:

  * What exactly does 'open' mean? Does it mean 'full' freedom to 
access, redistribute and re-use or are restrictions such as those in CC 
non-commercial licenses allowed?

  * How should we promote the creation and distribution of open content?

  * Who will be producing open content and how will it be funded?

  * Will there be an 'open content' revolution

  * To what extent do monopoly rights such as copyright hinder, or 
help, the development of open content?

= About the Open Knowledge Forums =

'''Promoting open information - getting it, using it, sharing it'''

The Open Knowledge Forums are a series of informal gatherings centred on 
the subject of open information/data. It aims to bring together those 
/producing/ and those /campaigning/, and to cover everything from 
software to the law. The sessions are usually held in the evenings in 
London and their format is to have talks by three or four different 
people followed by a general discussion.

The Open Knowledge Forums are organized by the Open Knowledge 
Foundation: http://www.openknowledgefoundation.org/