[NetBehaviour] Free?!

[marc garrett]

Hi Rob,

Thanks for the feedback. I wish I was able to be there myself.

It looks like much dialogue happened between all participants, and I 
can't wait to jump into these contexts via your interpretations and 
perspectives...

Then, of course bring my own particular thoughts into the mix ;-)

wishing you well.

marc
> I was at Free?! (http://freeculture.info/) as a speaker.
>
> The first part of the day was the brunch club.
>
> http://freeculture.info/free-culture-brunch-club/
>
> We gathered around tables to discuss various free culture-related topics
> and write notes on the tablecloths. These were later hung in the gallery
> upstairs as part of the "(Mis)Interpreting Free Culture Exhibition" art
> show accompanying the event. The show is excellent, with a wide range of
> thought-provoking work.
>
> http://freeculture.info/interpreting-free-culture-exhibition/
>
> I was on the "tools" table. We discussed what makes a useful free
> culture tool, which came down as much to social and community
> affordances as technical or legal ones. Blender's community and funding
>   was repeatedly mentioned as a model. During the discussion I
> encountered some excellent projects I hadn't heard of before:
>
> http://cargocollective.com/natashaberting/Free-Tool-Galaxy
>
> https://hotglue.me/
>
> The second part was the Plenary Debate, which brought together some
> leading free culture film producers to discuss how they made their
> projects work.
>
> http://freeculture.info/plenary-debate/
>
> It was refreshing to hear a candid discussion of the frustrations and
> strengths of crowdfunding approaches based on the long-term experience
> of the panel members. Jamie King in particular communicated the
> unpredictability of funding, the harsh statistics of who actually pays
> for downloads, and the joys of being able to pay artists when they do.
> It was also good to see the new Blender short film on a big screen
> thanks to Ton Roosendaal:
>
> http://www.caminandes.com/
>
> The last part of the day was the "Winters Night Copyright Fairytale"
> event in the evening.
>
> http://freeculture.info/winter-nights-copyright-fairytale/
>
> This brought performances and talks on various free culture themes
> together with a framing animation and narrative in the form of a fairytale.
>
> With the benefit of hindsight I wish I'd fitted my talks more to the
> fairytale theme, but I did manage to accidentally fit my slides to its
> typographic style. :-)
>
> Femke Snelting framed the story with readings from remixed newly
> out-of-copyright texts by Rabindranath Tagore and Virginia Woolf made
> using NLTK. Nikita Mazurov's passion for pirating movies made me wish I
> could get to the London Cryptofestival today (
> http://www.cryptoparty.in/london_cryptofestival ) where he's also
> speaking. Paul Keller's presentation of the history and possible future
> direction of Creative Commons gave me a real confidence boost in that
> organization. And there was much more. The event was recorded and I
> think it will be online early next year.
>
> The slides from my talks are available here:
>
> https://gitorious.org/robmyers/free-one-day-event/
>
> Free?! was very much about stepping back and taking stock of Free
> Culture. I found being reminded (and helping to remind others) of the
> origins and issues of Free Culture inspiring, and looking seriously at
> where and how it needs to be rethought invigorating.
>
> Do have a look at the website if you couldn't make it to the event.
>
> - Rob.
>
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