Tomorrow is T-for-Tribler Beta launch day. But it's also slotted for a one-day CC workshop in Holland on the technical and legal aspects of p2p TV.
It'll examine if and how p2p protocols are applicable for TV distribution in The Netherlands under current Dutch Creative Commons licenses and will:
Explore current p2p systems
Study the possibilities for P2P-TV in the Dutch broadcast and narrowcasting environment
Investigate legal aspects of the use of Dutch CC licenses in P2P-TV
Panelists will include Cory Doctorow and Johan Pouwelse, and the workshop will be chaired by Monique de Haas van of Dondersteen Media.
The idea is to raise the awareness of two phenomena in content distribution, which complement and strengthen each other.
The first is disruptive peer-to-peer (P2P) technology which is now moving into the realm of TV distribution (P2P-TV), and the second is the innovation in content licensing, ie, Creative Commons (CC).
The two phenomena can be applied as a strong positive force in the future of television, believe the organizers.
"A significant problem with current client/server technology for multimedia content distribution is the high cost associated with reaching an audience of millions," they say. "P2P technology is the natural supplement of the CC initiative because it dramatically lowers this cost. Broadcasters have shown nterest in the CC initiative."
For example, the Creative Archive in Britain (cooperation of BBC, Channel 4, The Open University, and the British Film Institute) uses the Creative Archive license. Under this license they make available online programs from their archives.
Here's the run-down.
09.30 Registration
10:00 Welcome and introduction, Syb Groeneveld (Creative Commons Netherlands) and Inald Lagendijk (professor in ICT department, TU Delft)
Session 1: P2P systems
10.25– 10.55 Experiences from the Creative Archive, George Wright, (Senior Producer, BBC Interactive Television) 10.55 – 11.20 Trends & Statistics in P2P, David Ferguson (Vice President of Engineering, Chachelogic) 11.20 – 11.30 Coffee break 11.30 – 12.15 Official release and demonstration of the Tribler.org P2P-TV software, by Johan Pouwelse (senior researcher TU Delft) and Huib de Ridder (Professor in Industrial Design department, TU Delft)
12:15 Lunch
Session 2: P2P for broadcasting
13.30 – 14.00 The future of digital broadcasting, Cory Doctorow (BoingBoing & Craphound) 14.00 – 14.30 Web archiving and P2P systems, Julien Masanes (European Internet Archive) 14.30 – 15.00 The evolution of the mediaspace, Kari-Hans Kommonen (Media Lab Helsinki) 15.00 – 15.30 DRM & Licensing systems, Frank Kamperman (Philips)
15.30 Break
Session 3: Aspects for implementation
15.45 – 16.45 Panel debate with:
Paula Le Dieu, Director, iCommons (Creative Commons) Esther Hoorn, Institute for Information Law Representatives Public & Commercial broadcasters Cory Doctorow (BoingBoing & Craphound)
16.45 Conclusions, wrap-up, drinks.
(Thanks, Lennart)
Also See: T-for-Tribler - Tribler p2p Beta out today, March 16, 2006
