From: "geert lovink" geert@desk.nl Subject: [ox-en] Call for Texts: Newspaper on IPR @ WSIS Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 06:36:59 +1000
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 14:32:24 +0200 From: Felix Stalder felix@openflows.org
Public Netbase, Vienna [1] is in the process of putting together a newspaper (in English) to be distributed at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Geneva [2] (including preparatory and follow-up events). The print run will be 20'000 copies.
The aim of the newspaper is to alert the delegates and the participating public that current and future regulations and practices concerning intellectual property are among the most fundamental issues shaping the Information Society. At stake is whether the information order will be characterized by centralized control by a few transnational owners of IP claims with the majority of the population relegated to the status of passive consumers or excluded entirely; or by decentralized participation of the widest range of citizens around the world who have access to intellectual resources of production inside and outside the market system.
To highlight the issues, the newspaper will frame them as two competing scenarios for the future: control vs. participation.
For this project, we are looking for texts -- aimed at a general, interested audience -- that develop the either of the scenarios, be it as a critique of the present or as an introduction of an alternative. The papers can be theoretical or practical, focussing on any of the many dimension and should not be substantially longer than 1000 words.
We will accept both original texts and text that have already been published elsewhere. The texts will be published under a CreativeCommons license [3] unless requested otherwise by the author.
Please send texts, questions or comments to open@t0.or.at
[1] http://www.t0.or.at [2] http://www.itu.int/wsis/ [3] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0/
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