NYC LOCAL: Saturday through Monday 10-12 September 2011: Open Video Conference

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Secret Masters of Bitcoin,
and many more"
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigi_Sohn
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note="The Open Video Conference will be held at New York Law School.
New York Law School is not NYU Law School.
New York Law School is at
185 West Broadway
New York, NY 10013
(212) 431-2100
nyls.edu"
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http://openvideoconference.org/register/"
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Session Type:
Policy, Creative
Session Category:
Working group
Session Leader:
Holmes Wilson (PCF)

Day: Saturday
Room: W320
Time: 2:30pm - 5:30pm

Session Notes

Description

In recent months, there has been huge progress in infrastructure for
micropayments. With Bitcoin bursting in on the scene, and Flattr gaining
momentum in micro-donations, it is easier than ever before to imagine a
button in your browser that donates $1 to a YouTube video, attaches money
to an e-mail, or gives $0.01 to every piece of journalism you read.

Amateur and indie video producers, in particular, need this. Without
successful revenue models compatible with open-licensing and
decentralized distribution, creators will feel pressure to reject the
open video approach for financial reasons. The open video community has
an opportunity to contribute some key infrastucture here.

We can create a world where someone with millions of views on YouTube
gets thousands in donations, regardless of what country they're from,
even if they don't have a bank account. We can save the American
newspaper. We can make it way easier to pay a friend for dinner. Sky's
the limit.

The goal for this session is to survey new opportunities like these,
decide on the best first steps and (coming out of the session) take them.

If you're working in this space, or if you are a developer with either a)
experience building applications around micropayments and payment APIs or
b) Bitcoin or c) a solid understanding of cryptography and security,
please be in touch. We need you to make this session work.

We also really need talented developers or designers of any specialty who
find these things exciting. And of course, if you have ideas, time, and
energy to contribute in any aspect of this we'd love to hear from you
too.

Outcome

A proposal and blueprint for a micropayments web service, or another
method for compensating web creators.
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