BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:researchseminars.org CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:researchseminars.org BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Austin Robey (Subvert) DTSTART:20250219T170000Z DTEND:20250219T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260417T111158Z UID:Metagov/243 DESCRIPTION:Title: Subvert: A collectively owned Bandcamp successor\nby Austin Robey (S ubvert) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nSubvert (https:// subvert.fm/) is a cooperative working to build an online marketplace where artists and labels can sell music and merchandise directly to their suppo rters. We're creating a Bandcamp successor that is owned and controlled by its community of artists\, labels\, supporters\, and workers. The platfor m we are building aims to transform the relationship between creators and the infrastructure they rely on. By offering genuine ownership and democra tic governance to our members\, Subvert aligns the interests of the platfo rm with those who use it and contribute to its success.\n\nAustin Robey is a platform governance designer extraordinaire. Before Subvert\, he founde d Ampled\, another platform coop for musicians which informed his experien ce doing things differently with Subvert. He has also participated in many Platform Cooperativism Consortium Conferences and participated in Start.c oop\, NEW INC\, and Metalabel.\n\nIn this discussion\, let's learn from Au stin's experience building platform co-ops (in web 2 and web 3) and unders tand what works well when it comes to governance design for online platfor ms for creative communities. I'm eager to ask Austin questions about what he thinks it will take to put the future of the creative economy back into creators' hands.\n LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/243/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR