Bob Young: In a free democracy, There shouldn't be an editor that decides what gets to the marketplace. Bob Young: More then 50% printed never get sold. Paul Gerhardt: Youtube and the others has been a benifit for the BBC that showed the way to accomodate UGC. Clo Willaerts: Now the amateurs are taking the pro's out of their comfortzone. Low quality pictures can seem "more true" A lot of what is now big market, won't be that in the future When talking about UGC, we are talking of the birth of a new thing. We will not know how it will evolve: Cinema started as one portable camera who filmed everyone going in and out of football game and then charging for screening. Now it can go fast, you don't need to stop at every step and take it like it used to be the way to get to the top. David Osimo: Phone calls of the Juventus scandal leaked! Now that's UGC... Arne Van Peteghem: We assume that the quality is there alreadybut it is actually defined by the use. Stewart Nolan: Filters may be useful for creators. If the attempt is published from the first time, you stop creating. Loïc Le Meur: I can't talk to normal people anymore, they are less global. Young: Being naïve earned the YouTube guys all that money. Jonas Tavernier: Making a platform with users is enough, guy with business model and money will come. --> Clo Willaerts: That's a bubble. --> Jonas Tavernier: Yeah, I'd like one. Loïc Le Meur: I learned about Jeltsin's death by twitter because I read it more then the newspapers. Debbie Esmans: Lot of people will get lost, not everyone is skilled enough. We need to provide guidance. Bob Young: You're not talking to customers, they are talking to each other. John Buckman: Worst thing for a musician is obscurity, not having no money. John Buckman: How do we make something better then bittorrent? John Buckman: Non exclusive contracts makes it in the artist's intrest to go, voluntarily, exclusive. Ana Pejcinova: Like terrorism, a definition is lacking for copyright but severe (legal) punishments are in place. Bob Young: Copyright was designed for an economic purpose, not for moral. Stuart Nolan: The second billion internetusers will have less in common with each other than the first billion Stuart Nolan: Is the technology that would be uniting us, dividing us? Stuart Nolan: If you look at modern society, you can't help but feel sympathy for Judge Dredd who had to arrest people with useless hobbies Paul Gerhardt: The education system is still based on literacy, but people are already using the other means Dick Rijken: Amateur vs Professional means "Loving it" vs "Get Payed for it" Dick Rijken: A "creducation" sector will come forth: Creativity and Education resulting in a society of inspiration Dick Rijken: In 2020 we'll have Hippies 2.0 who grew up thinking critical, and are now looking for meaning Clo Willaerts: A group called The Analogs will grow popular. They live without any connectivity and are proud about it Clo Willaerts: Video killed the internet star Bob Young: Open Source, iTunes, ... People are inventing solutions that would otherwise be taken to the justice department Loïc Le Meur: TV used to be super-local, it will become super-global Loïc Le Meur: Why TV sucks. You get pre-defined content on a moment that has been chosen for you, it's to far from reality, you can't share John Buckman: I don't know any commercial platform that can offer what BitTorrent can John Buckman: Piracy is TO good John Buckman: Massive traumatic change is just around the corner John Buckman: The semantic web will never happen. The internet will always be broken and will always be lawless. John Buckman: Mimicing the human brain will be reached at 2013 John Buckman: On the internet, the complex things die. "Simple" survives (crf RSS,...) David Osimo: If web 2.0 is making the market more perfect, does that mean a lesser role for government? Jan Bierhoff: Clusters will form from among the content providers and will define their own strategies Pat Kane: The Play Ethic