Life Without Wires

last year i contributed to a discussion that outlined new opportunities in the ‘knowledge economy’ in Ireland. Neil Leyden of Calico Media suggested ‘A vision for an International Content Services Centre’. you can read the proposal and comments, including my own, here.
So now the Minister has had a read:

“We are also considering the establishment of an international content services centre which would allow Irish and international content owners in film, video, music and multimedia to distribute their content in a fair and equitable manner.”

Looking at it now there is some evidence of my reluctance to get involved in an uncertain future producing ‘content’, but still some hope. If the government did begin to define a way innovation and art might be supported in a more radical way, I wonder would I feel more optimistic about the possibilities of survival working with such things?