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Radio FRO Conference: Towards a Society of Control?
Radio FRO confronts the subject of open access and debates freedom of information and communication in the context of alternative content providers. With the EU’s Digital Rights Management guidelines as the point of departure, discussion participants will examine copyright issues and the accessibility of information.

Radio FRO’ s conference “Towards a society of control?” focusses on the implications and consequences “codes” like DRM have on the free flow of information. Above all, ‘standards’, developed by the music or software industries and legitimated by lawmakers also raise the question of control and privacy. Experts discuss the consequences of these developments for freedom of information and the interplay of technological, economic and political factors in the context of increasing restrictions in the world of the Infosphere.

Besides the conference presentations and practical exercises will focus on technologies and strategies used by media activists. The specialists will talk about the use of and questions of digital standards and copyright.

Panel A: 14:00 – 16:00, New digital standards, changes in copyright and their impact on freedom of information
Panel on the consequences of current developments for free flow of information and the interplay of technological, economic and political factors in the context of increasing restrictions in the world of the Infosphere.
Participants: Erich Möchel (A), Quintessenz, ORF Futurezone Cindy Cohn (USA), Electronic Frontier Foundation Christiane Asschenfeldt (USA), Creative Commons Juliane Alton (AT), IG Freie Theater Mark Terkessidis (DE), Institute for Studies in Visual Culture

Panel B, 16:00 - 18:00, Digital standards and the public domain: consequences and current strategies for an independent public sphere
Current strategies, forms of resistance and restrictions, questions of privacy, copyright and censorship. The Panel will also make a focus on the independent media scene in Eastern European countries.
Participants: Honor Harger (NZ), radioqualia; Konrad Becker (A), Public Netbase; Kernel Panic (A), Indymedia; Alan Toner (IRL), Autonomedia; Milos Vojtechovsky (CZ), Center for Contemporary Arts, Prague; Zeljko Blace (HR), Multimedia Institute - Zagreb; Eugen Babau-Iladi (CZ), Transitions Online

Sun, Sept. 7, 14:00 -18:00 / Radio FRO: The Frequency Clock – The Streaming Suitcase
The Frequencyclock is an open source software system created to manage streaming audio and video channels. It allows creators and users of streaming media to organise their files into dynamic channels. Key features of the system include an inventive customized streaming media player, which can handle different file types, searchable archives, and real-time statistical analysis.'Stream on the Fly – personalized streaming radio technology'
Host: Adam Hyde (NZ), Radioqualia

Mon, Sept 8, 14:00 -15:30 / Radio FRO: Stream On the Fly - Personalized Streaming Radio Technology
StreamOnTheFly is about offering a personalized streaming radio technology with collaborative filtering agents and bandwidth sensitive streaming. It will demonstrate new ways of management and personalization technologies for audio content using cutting-edge middleware and agent technologies.
Host: Thomas Thurner (AT), Team Teichenberg


Mon, Sept. 8, 15:30 -18:00 / Radio FRO: 'The Cultural Broadcasting Archive (CBA)
The CBA is a sound- and music archive, which is developed for the special needs of free radio stations. It is combined with an automatisation software which can record broadcasts and produce mp3 files automatically.
Host: Ingo Leindecker (AT), Radio FRO



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18.8.2003
Ingrid Fischer-Schreiber

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