Chris Joseph

Rip, Mix & Burn: Is Creative Commons a Viable Business Model?

The Creative Commons License Model generates unprecedented creative and public value to audiences by encouraging them to ‘Rip, Mix and Burn’. However, what evidence is there to demonstrate successful emerging business models based on these forms of access? When should archive owners take the plunge and spend money to digitise their IP?

James Boyle, Professor of Law and co-founder of the Center for the Study of the Public Domain at Duke Law School, North Carolina, USA will make a keynote address on the future of the ‘Creative Commons’ followed by a lively panel discussion on its viability for creating successful businesses. Panellists include John Woodward, CEO, UK Film Council; Thomas Hoegh, Managing Partner, Arts Alliance Media and Tim Bradshaw, Digital Media Correspondent, Financial Times. Jonathan Kestenbaum, NESTA’s CEO will moderate. Please join us for what we are sure will be a stimulating and thought-provoking discussion.

To find out more and to register please click here.

Date: Thursday, 6th November, 2008
Time: Registration from 5.30pm with presentations to start promptly at 6.00pm, a networking reception will follow until 7.30pm
Venue: NESTA, 1 Plough Place, London, EC4A 1DE

Games Art does exactly what it says on the tin; art that uses, abuses and misuses the materials and language of games, whether real world, electronic or both.

The Games Art networking event will bring together artists, gamers, hackers, theorists, curators, activists, thinkers and doers all of kind. People who work and play with games, video games and playful practice.

What Will Happen?

The event will kicks off with presentations by Corrado Morgana, Tassos Stevens (Coney), Ruth Gibson and Bruno Martelli (igloo), Holly Gramazio and Daphne Dragona, followed by discussion.

Refreshments follow, and we’ll encourage you all to take part in an informal show and tell, so bring along some representation of your work, websites, objects, prototypes, whatever you have (within reason!) We will round off the event with an open mic session of quickfire presentations; present your own or other’s work, offer services and skills to other projects or make a request for help with getting stuff done.

Part of the London Games Fringe, a festival of alternative gaming events at the end of October 2008, organised by artists, academics, gamers, game developers, educators and creative professionals from a wide range of different media: www.londongamesfringe.com.

Please RSVP

Because of limited space we can only accommodate 40 visitors for this event. Please book your place- first come, first served. Projectors and wireless access to the Internet will be provided, please let us know if you have any other special requirements. To find out more and book your place please email Lauren.

When and where?

Saturday 25th October 2008, 12-6pm

HTTP Gallery
Unit A2 Arena Design Centre,
71 Ashfield Road, N4 1NY
Tel +44 20 8802 2827

For maps and information about getting to HTTP
http://www.http.uk.net/docs/gettingto.shtml

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Faculty of Development and Society
Humanities/English
0.2 FTE
12 Months Fixed Term
Salary £23,002 to £25,135 pro rata per annum (£4,600 - £5,027 per annum)
Vacancy reference DS 312/08

Sheffield Hallam University is looking to recruit a Research Assistant to provide significant administrative support on a 12-month Leverhulme funded Digital Fiction International Network.

The chosen candidate will act as a Network Facilitator. Principal duties will include: building and maintaining a project wiki, arranging travel and accommodation for international exchanges and collaboration, organising and administrating a project workshop, and carrying out a variety of pre- and post-workshop activities, e.g. publication arrangements. The Network Facilitator will work closely with the Principal Investigator and the University’s Finance and Hospitality departments as well as other business partners. They will also liaise extensively with the five other network participants.

The post represents an excellent opportunity for a postgraduate research student aiming to increase his/her experience in academic research management under the prestigious imprint of the Leverhulme Trust. The project will further enable the successful candidate to work with an enthusiastic team of internationally renowned scholars, as well as offer vital networking opportunities and access to the University’s extensive archival and database resources.

The candidate should possess high levels of organisation, administrative and budgeting skills. The role requires initiative, attention to detail, oral and written communication skills and a working knowledge of the MS Office suite. Knowledge of digital fiction is not required by the post, but experience of research project planning in a related area is essential (e.g. postgraduate research in contemporary English/American literature, English language, text and/or discourse analysis, media studies, critical or literary theory). An ability to cope with conflicting demands and deadlines within academic frameworks and knowledge of the importance of data management, research ethics and intellectual property rights are essential to the post.

Closing Date Friday 31 October 2008 by 3.00pm

for more details visit http://ntmizar.adc.shu.ac.uk/HR/Vacancies/Research/Research%20Adverts/DS%20312%2008.asp

featuring…
Professor Howard Rheingold
Dr. Jim Hendler
Dr. Lev Manovich

The Future of Creative Technologies Conference will now be held at the IOCT at De Montfort University, Leicester.

For further details on the venue click here.

Following the numerous concerns voiced from interested delegates regarding the current financial climate, the Institute of Creative Technologies has decided to host the upcoming Future of Creative Technologies Conference at the IOCT itself so that places for delegates are now subsidised. We hope this alleviates some burden from delegates.

Additionally, by offering free places we aim to participate in a broader web 2.0 ethics of inclusion and facilitation of conversation.

How to get a free place

If you have already registered and paid, do nothing. We’ll contact you very soon to refund the delegate fee and confirm your registration and workshop choice.

To book a free place and choose which workshop you’d like to participate in register here.

Programme

9.30am Registration
10.30am Welcome
10.40am Introductory keynote by Professor Andrew Hugill
11.00am Workshops
12.15pm Networking lunch
1.15pm Overview of afternoon sessions by Professor Andrew Hugill
1.30pm Dr Jim Hendler
2.00pm Dr Lev Manovich
2.30pm Professor Howard Rheingold
3.00pm Refreshments Break
3.30pm Open discussion with questions from the workshops and the floor
5.00pm Closing Remarks

Click here for full programme details.