Free Culture Birmingham is in the very early stages of planning but is most likely to start as a "Free Culture Society" at the University of Birmingham.

Contact

Until we register a domain name please email

freeculture at hippygeek.co.uk

if you are interested in the group.

Resources

If anyone wants to help me trawl through all this material and make a start on planning it would be much appreciated.

Group Name

Suggested so far:

Please comment and suggest alternatives.

Group Members

The group should be open to all kinds of people ranging from those interested in the politics and law of copyright, artists in the broadest sense interested in a participatory, open culture and those interested in the technology which makes such a culture possible.

The group will most likely start as a university society which may initially limit the membership to members of the University.

Meetings

The group should meet regularly, ideally once a week in at least a social way. The meetings can include talks and discussions as well as attendance at cultural events to promote the cause and groups of artists can callaborate on projects.

Web Site

I propose setting up a web site using the Drupal Content Management System. The site could include the following features to start off with:

Web Hosting Options

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