CC Salon Beijing 2006

Quick Personal Background

 * Teach at San Francisco Art Institute
 * Open Source Developer for CC (community builder)
 * Open Source developer on Inkscape and Open Clip Art Library

Overview

 * CC is great (on the web)


 * Criticism
 * How to build CC licensing across the board with all types of users
 * Not many offline users (musicians, artists, writers, etc)


 * Adaptation
 * Some type of social event for sharing and discussing similar to how CC developed on the web, but in a physical setting

History of Salons

 * 17th Century France is an apt model for this type of gathering which is half social and half intellectual.

Other Examples

 * Dorkbot.org (International started by Douglas Repetto)
 * Dorkbot Beijing now in full effect thanks to Patrick Deegan, Sleepy and Ken Fields.


 * Remix Reading (Reading, UK)


 * Open Source Community style but offline

Why?
To build Relationships.


 * To connect together various people, their projects, and communities in order to discuss the issues surrounding Creative Commons.

Why in China?

 * China is in infrastructure-mode


 * Time to connect together the various communities, resources, and infrastructures to power the free culture movement in China


 * Great way to build connections between individuals and provide a relaxed atmosphere to discuss issues and show in-progress work and ideas.

Goal(s)

 * To catalyze relationship building between people and their projects.

Results

 * Flickr.com
 * Other Salons
 * This one!
 * Warsaw
 * Berlin
 * Toronto
 * Media
 * Tons of press, blog posts, media on the web

How to Start Your Own

 * See the site!