IPPR Creative Britannia - Minister launches public forum

From Schoolforge-UK

Digital Rights Network reports on yesterday's keynote speech given by James Purnell, recently appointed Minister for the Creative Industries, at the "Creative Britannia" event hosted by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR). There's another report at Noticias.

There were two striking announcments by Mr. Purnell. First: "I want to set an ambitious but achievable goal today - to make Britain the world's creative hub. To meet that goal, there are two questions we need to answer: what makes Britain creative, and how can we turn that creativity into industrial success?"

Second, a public forum hosted by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DMCS) where anyone can contribute their thoughts on how to achieve this goal, see:

http://www.culture.gov.uk/creative_industries/discussionforum.htm

The Creative Britannia event appears to have been dominated by proponents of the idea that stronger rights on "intellectual property" are the key to spurring creativity, so the more people who can argue the case for open content on this forum, the better.

JohnIngleby 09:14, 17 Jun 2005 (BST)