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Interledger Summit 2022, New Orleans
Revenue Sharing Language
Revenue Sharing Language (RSL) is a human and machine readable language for describing complex multiple-step revenue-sharing agreements between multiple parties in an open and interoperable way. RSL agreements are Ricardian contracts – a human and machine readable document – unlike a smart contract, which is only readable by software and developers. Created with Interledger Foundation funding as part of the OpenVideo.tech project, RSL was conceived to make it easier for independent creators to get fair payouts from anyone monetizing their work. More.
Scandinavian World of Interactive Media
The Good, the VOD and the Ugly
After years of anxiety, the digital market for film and video online is finally a viable model. In this 2014 lecture at the SWIM laboratory in Helsingborg, Sweden, Nic outlines the state of the video-on-demand market for independent filmmakers.
MIPDoc, Cannes
VOD for success: chosing the right deals
An introduction to the promise and perils of video-on-demand at MIPDoc 2014.
And also...
February 2018, CiviCamp Brussels; October 2017, CiviCamp London; October 2016, CiviCon London; September 2013, Co-ops alternative Conference by Ethical Consumer & New Internationalist; July 2013, BAFTA/Shooting People’s Short Sighted, Glasgow; June 2013, Film London’s Audiences On Demand, London; November 2012, Co-ops United: Is there a Co-operative Alternative to Capitalism?, Manchester; February 2012, Glasgow Short Film Festival; September 2011, Video in Conflict Zones, Edinburgh; September 2011, Social Media Week, Glasgow; June 2011, Digital Distribution, Edinburgh Film Festival; April 2011, Crowdfunding, Sci-Fi London Film Festival; November 2010, North West Vision, Newcastle; October 2010, Open Video Conference 2011 New York; Goldsmiths University; Feature Film MA 2004, British Council ‘Visiting Creativity’ programme 2004; On stage interviews with Oscar winner Ronald Harwood for Taking Sides, Lab Ky Mo for Nine Dead Gay Guys; Short Film Masterclass at NFT and Other Cinema; and further talks at the ICA, Leeds Film Festival, Ffresh Film Festival, Scottish Students on Screen, Bradford Film Festival, British Museum and BECTU.
Main photo of Seaford beach.