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Creative Commons at BarCamp Bangalore

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Kiruba Shankar · Chennai (India) · Aug 08th, 2007 11:15 am · 43 votes · 10 comments

BarCamp Bangalore, BarCamp Team, CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

BarCamp Bangalore, by BarCamp Team

The 4th edition of BarCamp Bangalore took place at the prestigious Indian Institute of Management at Bangalore on July 28th & 29th, 2007.

BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants.

Over 500 folks gathered at the two day unconference to share and learn from each other. To me, the event carries the spirit that embodies Creative Commons. So, its natural that one of the subjects of discussion was on Creative Commons.

The reality is that not many in India are aware of Creative Commons. Some of the folks have heard the term but don't know what it stands for or the advantages. If there's anything that needs to be done, it is to spread the awareness. BarCamps are good places to do just that. The event attracts many passionate folks, bloggers and members of the press and they play an important role in spreading information about Creative Commons.

TempoStand, a platform to promote independent musicians, announced their plans at the event. Gaurav Dhobal, one of the founders talked about their project and how they use Creative Commons in their work.

TempoStand is a platform to promote independent musicians in India. They started their journey from Ahmedabad from 15th April, 2007. Musicians and singers are invited to record the music for free (no hidden costs) and use a creative commons license for the music. TempoStand’s objective is to promote independent musicians and take their music across the world.

More information about them here at http://www.tempostand.com/about

tags: bangalore india culture creative-commons barcamp-bangalore tempostand music

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Hey Kiruba!

Out of interest, what is "tabla wadak"?

Also, I think you are missing a word after "promote independent... and take...", oh, and references to Creative Commons should all be capitalised!

Thanks for reporting back on this event! :)
Daniela Faris · Johannesburg (South Africa) · Aug 06th, 2007 7:49 pm
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Hi Dan,

Thanks for catching the typos. I have made the necessary corrections.

BTW, a Tabla Wadak is a guy who is passionate about playing tabla, a Indian drum like music instrument.

Cheers!
Kiruba Shankar · Chennai (India) · Aug 08th, 2007 12:54 am
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This is great, I am really interested in hearing what happens in India on this front. Was any audio or video from the event posted?
Stian · Hamar (Norway) · Aug 10th, 2007 8:05 am
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TempoStand looks very interesting. It made me think of an American project called Daytrotter - it's a small studio somewhere near Chicago that records live sessions of indie musicians and puts them online. By now the musicians seem willing to travel there just to record - Daytrotter is really popular online in some circles.
So it's in a way a similar deal - free recording under a neat brand in exchange for public availability of the songs. The difference being, of course, that Daytrotter does not use CC licensing - but the question can be asked: why should it? Putting aside all moral arguments, they get as much visibility without the licenses. I am mentioning this as I often feel that free availability of content without free licensing is becoming very popular - and something that our community should think about.
Alek Tarkowski · Warszawa (Poland) · Aug 13th, 2007 9:34 pm
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Hi Stian, unfortunately there isn't too many audio or video coverage of the event, though lots of photographs and blog posts are around.

For pictures from BarCampBangalore4, try this http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=bcb4

For blogposts, try this http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en&q=bcb4&btnG=Search+Blogs
Kiruba Shankar · Chennai (India) · Aug 16th, 2007 7:02 pm
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Hi Alex, nice knowing Daytrotter. Will check it out.

Do you know if DayTrotter has any reason why they didn't go for CC licensing? There are many initiatives in India that offer stuff for free but they haven't heard about CC.

I'm wondering if its a case of ignorance or that they conciously chose not to go with CC. If so, I'd love to know the reasons.

Now, to go check out Daytrotter.
Kiruba Shankar · Chennai (India) · Aug 16th, 2007 7:06 pm
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I hear BarCamps are big in India. Which other cities are they being conducted?
Alphonse (United States) · Aug 17th, 2007 8:13 pm
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You are right, Alphonse. BarCamps are popular here in India thanks to a strong tech crowd. BarCamps have been conducted in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai (madras), Pune and Hyderabad.
Kiruba Shankar · Chennai (India) · Aug 17th, 2007 8:21 pm
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For those who don't know what a Tempo is, or were confusing them with something else. :-)
Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington · Ahmedabad (India) · Sep 30th, 2007 4:25 am
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Thanks Sir Nicholas for pointing to the Wikipedia article. You are right, not many who aren't familiar with India would understand which Tempo is being referred here.
Kiruba Shankar · Chennai (India) · Sep 30th, 2007 12:56 pm
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