[FC-discuss] Free Culture Forum?

[Ben Moskowitz]

Hey Brian,

Perhaps we can try to create a network of friendly couches in  
Barcelona for visitors to FCForum and the OXCARS?

-Ben

On Aug 13, 2009, at 8:44 AM, Brian Russell wrote:

> I was there at last year's Oxcars and it was an amazing night.
>
> I believe it is Simona at conservas (simona levi <info at conservas.tk>)
> and other organizers at exgae behind this event. Simona speaks
> english. Keep in mind that she's going to be crazy busy these weeks
> leading up to the fcforum.
>
> I'll be going to most of the events, but then for me it's just a metro
> ride away. I should be able to get discount tickets to the oxcars, if
> folks are interested, let me know. Also if you need advice for getting
> situated in barna.
>
> i suppose i should also introduce myself, and ask a couple of things
> i've been wondering:
>
> I am not a student and am only young at heart(37). I am a part of an
> activist ecologist collective (www.canmasdeu.net) in Barcelona, Spain.
> As squatters, we question excessive ownership and real estate
> speculation, among many other things. I see a link between squatting
> and the free culture movement - we should not permit the hoarding of
> buildings or land any more than we should permit the hoarding of ideas
> or cultural. I've been very interested in free culture since being
> inspired by Stallman's "Free Software, Free society" and would like to
> get more active in it, and connect the dots between free software,
> ecology, wikiculture, transparency, consensus through participation,
> linguistic egalitarianism, and alternative and gift economies without
> all of the middlers.
>
> Is there an organization in the US like freeculture for non-students?
>
> Is there a database or search engine for Free culture in the US? Are
> there some kinds of awards like grammys or emmys or oscars for
> creative commons stuff? Where do artists go in the US to promote their
> CC art if they are interested in sharing it?
>
> thanks,
> Brian Russell
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