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Re: A New Cultural Economy - the 2008 Program
Dave 360texas.com 2008-Jun-28 18:27:00
The 2008 Program - I wonder if ZKM has a link in all this?
http://www.aec.at/en/festival2008/program/index.asp
--- In #removed#, caroling@... wrote:
>
> Strangely enough, I see the Ars Electronica festival theme for
September 2008 is
> "A New Cultural Economy - The Limits of Intellectual Property". It
starts like
> this: "The age of copyright and intellectual property as reached
its expiration
> date. A development that already manifested itself in the technical
fundamentals
> of the Internet has reared its head in the actual practices of a
young
> generation of users and is bringing forth a new economy of sharing
and open access."
>
> Hmm, "open access". Where have we heard that recently? The info
goes on to state
> this is a "core issue". It says, "What's at stake: the value of
intellectual
> property, freedom of information and copyright protection, big
profit-making
> opportunities and the vision of an open knowledge-based society
that seeks to
> build its new economy on the basis of creativity and innovation."
>
> I haven't visited the website:
> http://www.aec.at/culturaleconomy/
>
> to see how they further set up the stakes. But to me it is obvious
that we are
> stake holders and we are involved in issues way beyond a museum and
a web site.
>
>
> --
> Caroling, www.wholeo.net
>