[fc-uk-discuss] constitution (was: fc-uk meeting on saturday 10th of december in london

[adnan hadzi]

rob,

how would you like crosbie's definition added to the wiki?

per example in draft 3 under article 3 "objectives", (free culture will 
promote)?

please see attached example, re-edit (the promote paragraph reads a 
little bit long in the moment) & send back to the list if you want to 
change the wiki.

a.

attached example for objectives:

ARTICLE 3 – Objectives

Free Culture UK is a not-for-profit organisation that encourages skill 
sharing, equality and tolerance and it is opposed to racism, homophobia, 
classism, sexism, and xenophobia. The objectives of Free Culture UK will 
be to:

    *

      Draw on the resources, skills and experiences of its members, to
      document the problems faced by free culture as well as their
      solutions.

    *

      Make and facilitate projects being made on free culture issues.

    *

      Acquire and pass on the skills required by free culture activists.

    *

      To create access to a skills and equipment pool for the projects
      the group makes.

    *

      Present interesting, thought-provoking free culture projects and
      exhibitions in pubs, clubs, community centres, cinemas and muddy
      fields across the country

    * To Promote
          o Distribution of free culture made by or in connection with
            Free Culture UK
          o Freedom to do anything, except
          o Truth must be preserved, and
          o Privacy must not be trespassed
          o Freedom means: upholding freedom of speech whilst respecting
            human rights an artist can do what the heck they want, as
            long as they don't impair truth or another person's privacy
            or human rights.
          o Truth simply means: Attribution must be accurate where it
            occurs, either implicitly or explicitly. An artist and their
            works must be represented truthfully and respectfully or not
            at all authorship is an inalienable fact.
          o Privacy means: An artist's works are their own property
            until they choose to release/publish them. An artist retains
            the right to decide if their works are ever published. An
            artist relinguishes the privacy of a work by publishing it.
            If a work has been published anonymously, the author's
            choice to remains anonymous must be respected.
    *

      Act as a point of contact and reference for campaigners and
      like-minded individuals

    *

      Collaborate with community groups in furtherance of our purpose
      and other objectivies

    *

      Develop and maintain an archive of grassroots political free
      culture activity.


rob at robmyers.org wrote:

> The good thing about Crosbie's definition is that it comes from 
> cultural law or
> history rather than computer law or history. It is the best example of 
> defining
> artistic freedoms I've seen. Can it be added to the wiki?
>
> The UN Declaration of Human Rights includes a "right to art" which may 
> be of
> interest (article 27).
>
> I do share Graham's concerns about the Truth and Freedom levels, but I 
> think it
> then falls to us to produce something that we believes answers those 
> concerns.
> :-) We will need to tackle the issues of reputation, the personal, and 
> malice
> whether we want to or not.
>
> For me the biggie is that the requirement of "truth" and "respect" 
> would have a
> chilling effect on art criticism and referential art (although if we are
> discussing culture rather than just art then Irving would be another good
> example). "Cy Twombly's art sucks and it is difficult to see how 
> anyone could
> be fooled by it" is a true statement, at least I can argue that it is. 
> For me
> to argue otherwise would not be truthful. I think fabrication, fact or 
> public
> record would be easier criteria than truthfulness. And we already have
> overly-strong laws for slander and libel.
>
> I did find-and-replace ports of Stallman's and Debian's "Freedoms" a 
> while ago.
> Some of the notes may be useful even if the articles themselves are 
> not. :-)
>
> http://www.freeculture.org.uk/TheFreeCultureDefinition
> http://www.freeculture.org.uk/TheFreeCultureGuidelines
>
> - Rob.
>
>
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