Social media for good and content copyright next topics for Digital Citizens and Social Media Club Sydney
Sydney’s social media community is spoilt for choice this month with, Mumbrella can reveal, Digital Citizens meeting next week to talk about using social media for social good, while Social Media Club Sydney meets the following week to discuss copyright in social media content.
The Digital Citizens Social Media for Social Good event takes place next Tuesday, April 13, at the Burdekin Hotel on Oxford Street.
Speakers include Nic Mackay, MD of The Human Race, which helps companies and brands behave in a socially responsible way. He recently gave a bravura presentation at the Battle of Big Thinking.
Former AdNews journalist Mark Chenery, who now works for Action Aid Australia, will be discussing Project TOTO, which attempted to use bloggers to help tackle poverty.
Also on the panel will be PR professional Karalee Evans.
Bookings for the Digital Citizens event can be made via this link.
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nd the Social Media Club Sydney event – Who “owns” social content? – takes place at The Supper Club on Oxford Street on Monday April 19.
The topic, which examines copyright issues around user generated content – is a topical one, with disquiet brewing over Tourism Australia’s current “There’s nothing like…” campaign which asks entrants to relinquish their image rights.
Speakers include Professor Brian Fitzgerald – Professor of Intellectual Property and Innovation at Queensland University of Technology. He will be representing Creative Commons Australia which manages the Australian versions of the Creative Commons licences.
And solicitor Stephen von Muenster, who advises ad agencies about rights issues will also be presenting.
Bookings for the Social Media Club Sydney event can be made via this link.
Tim Burrowes founded Mumbrella in 2008. He worked on Mumbrella until 2021. At various points he was editor, content director and editor-at-large.
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What is it with social media organisations and Darlinghurst???? LOL.
A topic which would be interesting to discuss – has the increase in the use of social media led to an decrease in reading.
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Here come the IP lawyers like rats out of a sewer!
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UTS is also holding a free public lecture on 20th April.
Copy Right or Wrong: Are we ready for a new age in how creative content is stored and sold online?
http://www.alumni.uts.edu.au/i.....-flyer.pdf
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Dear Jess
looks good, an interesting follow on from SMCSYD the night before!
I’m especially interested considering the path which Facebook, one of the largest personal content aggregators, appear to be following in treating people’s privacy and personal preferences by apparently reintroducing Beacon by the back door (http://bit.ly/9ecUfx). How long before they reintroduce their previously failed attempts to lay claim to our content (http://bit.ly/ddn1V2) in their platform?
If people are happy to opt in to services like this, that is one thing, but if these sorts of terms continually get ‘snuck in’, and you need to opt-out, then I personally have a problem with this.
Gavin
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