What #CultureBanked is
“Any tax-in-lieu* fund from, or common pool resource of, shared intellectual property rights”
What we are promoting for artists
Interoperable wealth
This might include tax revenues and local authority funds, tax funds, tax deductible funds (eg, *Cultural Gifts in Lieu Scheme), mission-oriented, common and mutual funds, P2P finance schemes, democratically controlled levies (eg, see historical ‘Eady Levy’ ‘Taylor Swift Tax’ etc), ‘Crowdfunds’ (where there is an ownership transfer to the crowd) and Cooperatives.
Interoperable rights
This might include better managed resources and assets across multiple platforms; pooled resources; convenience and control - everything in one place for users, rather than scattered across multiple sites.Interoperable responsibilities
If we are to control our rights, we need to control our responsibilities. When our online data, rights and assets are built around us and by us - rather than around multiple 'vendors', we become the powerful, creative humans we should be. We know when we want to share stuff or keep it private and what we want to do with it. Interoperability gives us choices and empowers better decisions - especially at scale, when it is often so hard to coordinate action and intention.
How we promote these things
One thing we do is work with tech partners to build online tools for artists. For an example demo, you can go to this 'CultureBanked Artist Flow':
Start by importing the data at https://app.kendra.io/culturebanked/import
Then go here: https://app.kendra.io/culturebanked/database
Then scroll down to 'Works' and 'Edit' one of the items to view.
So, CultureBanked is all about creating shared wealth from shared rights and responsibilities. In this piece of work, we considered digital tax and the role creative rights might play in the future. By describing its materials as 'CultureBanked' we are suggesting that the wealth and rights created by artists could be used as direct tax goods or as a tax resource (see the 'tax in lieu' link above) We believe artists and creators have a unique opportunity to model better, empowered ways to play an even more important role in societies of the future....
Sharing rights can bring new powers to make change happen and to take back control of the quality and safety of online activities. We think the advantages of being able to do this speak for themselves but if you've something you particularly want to achieve with your online digital assets, use the sign up below to find out more or to get in touch. We'll be pleased to hear from you. In the meantime, to be part of an ongoing discussion about tax from content, shared rights, shared moderation and shared control of public materials online, please use the hashtag: #culturebanked. Thanks!
Liam Murphy
(Photo Credit: @kylellefson)
Contact
liam@culturebanked.org
Quotes
— Martin Luther King Jr.
— Mark Getty
— Dr Phil Scraton