The Oil of the 21st Century

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The Oil of the 21st Century. Perspectives on Intellectual Property was a series of events held in at Telegrafenamt, Tucholskystr. 6, Berlin, Wiederaufbau für Kreditanstalt, Mauerstr. 68, Berlin, Academy of Fine Arts, Umeå and Mumbai between 18 October - 22 December 2007.

A project by Bootlab, based on a concept by Partner gegen Berlin, produced in cooperation with Sarai, The Thing and Waag Society, and funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation.

Organisation team: Jan Gerber, Susanne Lang, Sebastian Lütgert.

Links
  • Website, [1]
  • Booklet
  • Video documentation
  • 0xdb, "developed as part of the "Oil of the 21st Century" project, is a proposal for a new type of cultural database, build on top of file-sharing networks — and a practical intervention in the ongoing conflict between the protection of intellectual property and the exercise of fair use rights."
  • Photos, [2]