Economics of Open Content Symposium

The Economics of Open Content symposium, hosted by Intelligent Television (January 23-24, 2006) brought together representatives from media industries, cultural and educational institutions, and legal and business minds to discuss how to make open content happen better and faster.

To hear, watch or download presentations from the symposium, see forum.wgbh.org

Stay tuned to www.intelligenttelevision.com for information on the upcoming Economics of Open Content gathering specifically for filmmakers, June 5-6, 2006 at Channel 13/WNET in New York.

Intelligent Television has conducted a year-long investigation into the economics of open content. This project is a systematic study of why and how it makes sense for commercial companies and noncommercial institutions active in culture, education, and media to make certain materials widely available for free, and also how free services are finding new (sometimes commercial) ways of becoming sustainable. Sessions covered open content issues relating to copyright, libraries and museums, film and television, open courseware and more. New Yorker economics columnist and bestselling author James Surowiecki (The Wisdom of Crowds) provided the keynote entitled 'Openness as an Ethos.'