Digital Rights Network

= 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/