Archive:2005-01-06

Minutes of our IRC chat in #FreeCulture on Jan 6, 2005 =Internal Policy Paper= Spring 2005 Strategy Paper
 * We wanted to refine our current projects down to the ones that concerned the national organization
 * So, the more local projects were jettisoned to their own page
 * We decided to focus on three campaigns for this semester:
 * Opposing DRM, the broadcast flag, and trusted computing
 * Somewhat limited in scope, but time-sensitive.
 * Education of the dangers and weaknesses of DRM and avoiding the broadcast flag, etc.
 * We need to educate people on danger the broadcast flag poses to their freedoms and then direct them to channels that allow them to do something about it on a larger scale, because we don't necessarily have the resources to fight the FCC directly.
 * Free Culture Tour
 * Primary goal: to entertain.
 * Also helps to raise awareness of FC, get the artists involved, and get people thinking about the commons on campus.
 * Funding is a motivation to have this happen this semester.
 * "Be the Media" Project
 * Encompasses participatory culture. Changing the mindset of media from being just consumers to being a producer as well.
 * Self-Publishing
 * The Creative Commons Publisher makes it stupidly easy to host your own Creative Commons content on The Internet Archive. Get others to use it.
 * Torrentocracy is testing out an easy-to-use content delivery system for individuals called Prodigem that allows people to publish their stuff via BitTorrent.
 * Podcasting

=Next Meeting= Conference Call: Moved from Sunday to Saturday, Jan 8 at 3 PM EST because most people wouldn't be available on Sunday.