[okforums-discuss] Forum on Open Content: February 22nd 1900

[Rufus Pollock]

= 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. Questions to address include:
   * What exactly does 'open' mean? For example are Creative Commons 
non-commercial licenses open?
   * 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 (in analogy to the 'open 
source' revolution in software)?

= 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/