Copyfighters

Spent this morning at the inaugural meeting of the London Copyfighters Drunken Brunch and Talking Shop. Taking digital rights campaigning into the analogue sphere, Cory Doctorow of EFF invited tech activists and stakeholders down to Speakers Corner in Hyde Park. Attendees included Rufus Pollock of Open Knowledge Foundation, Danny O’Brien, Dave Green, Toby from MusicAlly and Alice and Paula from the BBC. Next time we will bring

  1. soapbox
  2. banner
  3. flyers
Although shouting on street corners to anybody who will listen seems like a sad conclusion to the copyfight, it was heaps of fun. Here’s to it becoming a monthly thing.

For a taste of what went on, please feel free to download the following .mpg files (or visit Jose Maria Mateos’ mirror site - see UPDATE below). And apologies for audio quality and jiggly camera work. I will try and do better next time…

  • Cory - piracy
  • Rufus - men in smoke-filled rooms
  • Danny - dusty archives
Argh! 3,000 people wanted to see Cory shout his stuff on Speaker’s Corner - these files should be small enough now so we can all get a good look. Anybody wanting to help hosting please mail me: becky at (you know the rest)

UPDATE! Jose Maria Mateos has very kindly mirrored these files as my server is groaning under the pressure of hosting them. Next Copyfighters Talking Shop will be held at Speakers Corner on 27th February, around 2ish.

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