[open-government] Digital Agenda going local: UK

Tue Oct 25 11:10:38 UTC 2011

Donatella

Thanks. Daniel has owned up to being the 'blockage' :-) so apologies.

The point remains that this looks very much like consultancy theatre --
inner circle discussing & making plans, with a nod to the wider world but
without meaningfully including them. For example, the Open Rights Group
could have been among the speakers at this event, and then the issue of the
music industry & piracy would have been looked at from the wider public
interest perspective [disclaimer: I am on the advisory council of the Open
Right Group]

Chris

On 25 October 2011 11:00, Donatella Solda-Kutzmann <
donatella.solda at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Chris
>
> I sent the email few days ago (when I actually registered to the event),  I
> fear my message  didn't reach immediately the list?
> Besides the questions formulated online were summed up by the moderator and
> addressed to the members of the panel.
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> Anyway, please be aware there are other events like this planned to run
> across the UK, see here
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> http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/cf/daelocal/item-display.cfm?lang=en&id=6999
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> I'm not aware of any representative from open gov or open data (at least
> they don't appear in that capacity in the attendants list)
> what I can say is that the speakers are considerately discussing a broad
> range of topics,  not only related to digital contents and legal barriers to
> access it and reuse it, while  touching various other subjects, including
> how to tackle infrastructure issues (broadband, payment systems) and tools
> to foster reliability of online trade.
> At the moment the debate is around music industry and piracy, and how a
> cross border reliable sytem for collecting societies and IPR protection
> could improve the situation.
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> I hope you will be able to take part to the next events in the UK or
> elsewhere in Europe. If I get any information on that, I will make sure to
> update you promptly.
>
> Best
>
> Donatella
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> On Tuesday, 25 October 2011, Chris Taggart <countculture at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Donatella
> > It doesn't really work to tell us about the event on the day itself ;-(
> > Also, I'm not sure how many in the open data/open government community
> are aware of this, still less been invited. I think it's the first time I've
> heard of this. And without this community being central, the process and
> outcome won't have an genuine legitimacy.
> > Chris
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> > 2011/10/22 Donatella Solda-Kutzmann <donatella.solda at gmail.com>
> >>
> >> Hi All
> >> [sorry for cross posting]
> >>
> >> Next meeting of the Digital Agenda local going local will be in London
> next week, on the 25th of October, and it will discuss what could be the
> EU's role in supporting the creative industry online.
> >>
> >> As you might already know, the events are structured in a way that
> everyone can formulate questions and rate those already posted, and the 10
> most voted ones will be discussed during the session.
> >>
> >> Please post your question(s) and/or forward this message to whom in your
> network you believe has an interest in the matter.
> >>
> >> For further information and to post/rate questions:
> >>
> https://dae.uservoice.com/forums/136739-uk-what-is-the-eu-s-role-in-supporting-the-creati
> >>
> >>
> >> All the best
> >>
> >> Donatella
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> >> --
> >> Donatella Solda-Kutzmann
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