Economies of the Commons 10th-12th April

P2P-FUSION is one of the organizers of the Economies of the Commons Event taking place in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 10th-12th April 2008. On the 10th of April, there is a seminar on Intellectual Property Rights, the results of which will feed into the conference on 11th and 12th.

"A wide range of actors around the globe is currently involved in the creation of unprecedentedly rich and invaluable audiovisual cultural and knowledge resources on the internet. These range from national audiovisual archives, broadcasters, professional cultural producers and institutions to civic and p2p file sharing initiatives.

De Balie in Amsterdam and the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision in Hilversum, in collaboration with Knowledgeland, Images for the Future, and Virtual Platform, organise a two-day international public working conference on the economies, sustainability, and opportunities for creative reuse of these public audiovisual resources and archives.

While the level of activity and investment in this area is enormous, the question of the longer-term sustainability of these audiovisual resources remains wide open. Continued massive public investment is one obvious solution, with equally obvious drawbacks. The conference intends to question which alternative economic models exist, or could be developed that can sustain invaluable public resources. Paradoxically, we may have to ask: What is a sustainable business model for the digital commons?" (Source: Economies of the Commons website)

The program will comprise different formats, such as public keynote lectures, interdisciplinary workshops for the exchange of ideas, experiences and the formulation of strategies, as well as targeted workshops addressing very specific problems relevant to specialists, cultural and media producers, policy makers, and decision makers in public and private organisations.

More information on the Economies of the Commons website