CultureBanks: Research

@liammurphy could this be the environment to work out your seminar idea?

Depends which seminar you mean Kevin! The focus sessions and the pilots are worked out - as far as they can be. They just need an environment and venue to happen in - and maybe some help to attract more potential participants.

CultureBanked? A 62 page thesis collecting first thoughts: http://www.gallery133.net/wp-content/uploads/Liam_Murphy_Thesis_PRESS.pdf ISBN:978-1-5272-1343-2

@liammurphy ....I'm playing a bit of catch up here - just scanning the thesis. Have you connected with Ruth and Marc at Furtherfield?

I have uploaded a PDF document with 5 comparative licenses and some preparatory notes on how #culturebanked® licenses may differ. I will start a new thread for this topic for clarity of purpose. Once in draft mode, an open google doc may be the best format to then draft the working CultureBanks® licenses which will not differ from existing licenses unless absolutely necessary. The purpose of this thread is to distinguish what changes are needed.

Managing Citizens Wealth

The FOSS Community (Free Open Source Software) has developed a way of allowing contributors to collaborative projects to be recognised through a 'Contributor License Agreement' which might be maintained under a 'Commons Management Agreement'. This thread proposes the use of something similar, adapted for new purpose, to create an asset based, cultural commons. Thoughts are invited on these questions:

1. Is this sensible/possible/desirable?

2. What should these agreements say?

3. What might a 'Commons Agreement' look like for, let's say, an arts festival - and how should these agreements be managed?

4. How should resulting 'Citizens Wealth Funds' handle collections and redistribution?

5. What are the thoughts/needs of social investors about using these new methods of financing community and business development?

LM

Flickr has been a major exponent of the Creative Commons License. As they have just been acquired by 'SmugMug', they are now 'enclosing' all their photos in two bespoke ('personal' and 'commercial') licenses. This would appear to undermine the use of Creative Commons completely. I asked them if they would allow originators to retain their own terms (eg, a peer production license) and they said "no, but we are considering a 3rd license which would be 'customisable'". It might be naive to think they will work with originators to produce this license or that it will be 'open' in any way... The important point for CULTUREBANKING as an open commercial peer to peer practice, is that offering an open license to people for peer to peer commerce has another global marketplace which has just closed its doors. This, at once undermines Creative Commons (adding to the need for updated licenses) and also makes 'CultureBanking' an alternative to artists and photographers who want to actually 'retain all rights'. I have written to 'SmugMug' to suggest that their offer of 'Copyright Retention' for customers is misleading, since they cannot actually realise any rights under the terms that copyright allows... CultureBanking does and hence acquires another Unique Selling Point but a major shrinkage in it's potential marketplace! That said, there are plenty of services out there to apply images as material products and some images in a 'Culturebank' might consider selling at a premium rate to commercial sellers under Smug Mug- like terms. (Might)... link to licenses: http://help.smugmug.com/customer/portal/articles/93346-sell-digital-downloads

Seems there is no emoji for "thanks for that, I learnt something useful"

Thanks Liam, have just seen this, I can think of a couple of photographers who use Flickr so will try & share with them. Hope all is going well!

Hi Louise-

That’d be great.. am planning a couple of workshops for film makers to look at co-funding of hire costs.. might also be of use to photographers..

Cheers,

Liam