Notes from the work of William Dutton, Charles Leadbeater, Don Tapscott, Clay Shirky, Lawrence Lessig and Yochai Benkler. Presentation prepared for a discussion on main themes by 6 writers with my university supervisor (Birkbeck, University of London)

1. Internet and Creativity Notes from the work of William Dutton , Charles Leadbeater , Don Tapscott , Clay Shirky , Lawrence Lessig and Yochai Benkler Sofia Gkiousou www.digital-era.org October 2009

2. Setting the scene Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination William Gibson - Neuromancer www.digital-era.org October 2009

5. Web 2.0 The economic model for what is called 'Web 2.0' is based on promoting the desire to share and exchange things, an attempt to make profits from the voluntary collaboration of its users and its potential for compiling data and making them available to the public. The new companies operating on the Internet base their role on promoting cooperative communities and managing access to the data and files contributed. This business model increasingly tends not to sell any product at all to the consumer, but rather sells the consumer to the product, integrating the user and the files he or she contributes into the actual service being offered. 'Web 2.0' as a new context for artistic practices Juan Martin Prada, University of Cádiz, Spain www.digital-era.org October 2009

10. Clay Shirky: Crowdsourcing The Internet runs on love Cognitive surplus: time freed from passive activities as productive Groups are entities in their own right . (concerns about trust and reputation) www.digital-era.org October 2009

11. Lawrence Lessig: CC & Remix Creative Commons Licenses that allow creators to communicate which rights they reserve, and which rights they waive for the benefit of recipients or other creators. Read/Write culture vs. Read/Only culture Remixing as a new way to create which also inspires the original artist BUT Those who would contribute happily to non-profit Wikipedia do not contribute so happily if the fruits of their efforts are being pocketed by others. What then? www.digital-era.org October 2009

12. Yochai Benkler: Collaboration Commons-based peer production Collaborative efforts (e.g. Wikipedia) Networked information economy "system of production, distribution, and consumption of information goods characterized by decentralized individual action carried out through widely distributed, nonmarket means that do not depend on market strategies.” www.digital-era.org October 2009