Hi Dona, Thanks for the clarification. I'm afraid I can not attend the salon myself, however, was only recommending a friend artist who already publishes her work under CC.
Best, Eman 2009/10/13 [email protected] <[email protected]> > > Hi everybody thanks for your feedback > George it would be great to have the Jordan launch live blogged on > Meedan. Pls let's follow up this maybe with Toleen? > As for the outreach and media plan for the event, I will keep you > posted..I'm still trying to finish the organisation plan itself..lots > of things to do! > > As for the Salon: pls Eman and everybody else who would like to join, > joining the Salon is free and open but I guess we have only limited > space for artists > There is not so much time and we can't simply showcase great artists' > works..we will hightlight works of Arab artists that used CC or having > a relation with open culture..that's the principle of the CC Salon > So pls understand that we can't simply showcase Arab artists! > Pls have a look to the next Salons happening in SF Bay area > http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/18388 > > For those artists, media people, bloggers, musicians, writers, etc > interested to join the Salon, pls drop me an email. We are in the > process with RFC of defining all the details. There is limited time - > one month only- so the sooner the better > > thanks a lot.If you have further questions, pls do not hesitate to ask > salam > dona > > On 7 Ott, 20:30, George Weyman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sounds great Donatella. We'd love to live blog this event on Meedan.net. > > What are the outreach and media plans for the event? Do you envisage > > translation? > > > > All the best, > > George > > > > 2009/10/6 Issa Mahasneh <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > Wow! That's great! we are very proud that Amman will host the 1st > Arabic CC > > > salon ever ;) > > > I will start to spread the word and to put some announcements on the > net > > > and some cultural places here. I am sure there are some artists who are > > > interested in our salon and are ready to publish some work under CC > > > licenses. > > > > > 2009/10/6 [email protected] <[email protected] > > > > > > >> Dear all > > >> some updates concerning the first CC Arab Salon. > > >> So it seems that we'll be doing this in Amman inshallah on 16th Nov. > > >> thanks to the great support of the Royal Film Commission of Jordan > > >> that is going to host the event. > > >> It will be a rich event and plenty of great surprises:) but most of > > >> all it will be the first opportunity for Arab artists, musicians, > > >> filmakers, bloggers, photographers, journalists, media people etc. to > > >> showcase and discuss their works made under CC. > > >> CC Jordan, which is the first CC license in Arabic, will officially be > > >> launched on 15th November and this will open the way to the use of CC > > >> licensing in Arabic all across the Arab world inshallah > > >> In this perspective, the Salon is an extremely important step, cause > > >> it features artists, media outlets, IT people, who have used CC > > >> licenses for their work and would like to share the results of opening > > >> up their work. In a CC Salon people explain practically how they use > > >> CC licenses for their artistic works, which licenses they use and with > > >> which results. CC licenses are in fact not only for lawyers and law > > >> experts: the final goal is to encourage people to use them to make > > >> art, music, video, journalism, pictures, etc. People can learn from > > >> others’ experience and build up from previous knowledge. > > >> In the Arab world, due to the late development of copyright and CC, > > >> there is still only a little amount of work licensed under CC in > > >> Arabic. Therefore this Salon should serve to encourage the creation of > > >> more Arabic content for digital media and to increase the sharing of > > >> this knowledge created in Arabic. > > >> The support of RFC is therefore key: we share the same commitments for > > >> content production and knowledge sharing, and we would all like to see > > >> more works of art to be created and shared in the Arabic language over > > >> digital media > > > > >> We are still discussing with the friends in RFC the logistics and the > > >> details about the Salon. But this will be of course an open event > > >> where everybody is invited to take part. > > >> We just have a limitation of space and time in terms of artists that > > >> we can showcase at the RFC during the evening..but I guess we have > > >> also a limited number of artists using CC for their work in the Arab > > >> world:) > > >> Usually the Salon showcases people who have already made use of CC > > >> licenses and have a long experience in using it..but giving the > > >> peculiar situation of the Arab world and being CC at a young stage > > >> here, I will also encourage new CC users to submit their works and > > >> join us in Amman. > > >> I'd like to encourage you from our community subscribing to this list > > >> to help us figure out interesting people to invite, by telling us > > >> about intresting "local case studies" and also by encouraging local > > >> artists in your countries to use open licenses for their intellectual > > >> work and showcase it at the Salon. > > > > >> Now, for those of you who are interested to spread the word about the > > >> Salon locally in your country and/or thru your networks, I'll > > >> encourage you to send the list or myself by private email suggestions > > >> and portfolios of the artists that would like to be featured at the > > >> Salon (with at least some work, song, poetry, etc. released under > > >> CC!). > > > > >> If you need to post an announcement concerning the Salon I would > > >> suggest the following: > > > > >> WHAT IS A CC SALON?http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Salon > > > > >> CC Salons are global, informal events focused on building a community > > >> of artists, developers, and creators of all kinds around Creative > > >> Commons licenses, standards, and technology. The first event took > > >> place in San Francisco in 2006 with the idea to replicate in other > > >> locations internationally. Since then salons have sprung up in cities > > >> around the world (see the list online at > > >>http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Salon) > > >> The format for each event varies based on the location, but the > > >> overall concept is simple. CC Salons are open forums for people who > > >> are interested in the issues surrounding Creative Commons and global > > >> participatory culture. > > > > >> Pls do not hesitate to ask me any question. Anyway, this is just an > > >> update. 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