[alt-media-res] saul on public service net publishing - and call out for response to ofcom report

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> Today's Topics:
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>    1. Zoetropes and Nickelodeons: A response to OFCOMs Public
>       Service Publisher proposal (Saul Albert)
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> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:47:07 +0000
> From: Saul Albert <saul at theps.net>
> Subject: [uo] Zoetropes and Nickelodeons: A response to OFCOMs Public
> Service Publisher proposal
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> Dear Uoniks,
>
> Last year I had the dubious pleasure of participating in a consultation
> by OFCOM, the UK's telecommunications regulator, about their idea to set
> up a 'Public Service Publisher' (PSP) with a 100M UKP budget.
>
> What this PSP could be is still under discussion, in fact, OFCOM just
> published the results of the consultation process last wednesday on
> these two websites:
>
> Flashy version with pictures : http://www.openmedianetwork.org.uk/
> Text-heavy pdf: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/pspnewapproach/
>
> I think the report is a media industry stitch-up, and completely ignores
> what 'public' can mean on the Net, so I have written a response
> explaining my position on the Open Knowledge Foundation's blog:
>
>
http://blog.okfn.org/2007/01/30/zoetropes-and-nickelodeons-a-response-to-ofcoms-public-service-publisher-proposal/
>
> Have a look if you're interested - and most crucially of all - respond
> yourselves!
>
> You have until 5pm on the 23rd March 2007. There are full instructions
> about how to respond here:
> http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/pspnewapproach/howtorespond/form
>
> It would be a real pity if 100M of public money gets spent on a watered
> down, IP-mongering, media-industry-led 'public service publisher'
> without any real noise being made by the Free Software / Free Culture
> movements in the UK and beyond.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Saul.
>
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