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The '''oXcars''' are a non-competitive awards ceremony held at Sala Apolo in [[Barcelona]], [[Spain]], in October each year. They are a public showcase that puts the spotlight on cultural creation and distribution carried out under the paradigms of shared culture.<ref>{{cite web|title= La gala de los oXcars exalta la circulación libre de la cultura |publisher=El País|url= http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cataluna/gala/oXcars/exalta/circulacion/libre/cultura/elpepucul/20081023elpcat_20/Tes |accessdate=March 7, 2011}}</ref>
Through presentations and symbolic mentions of works in a series of categories, real legal solutions are shown using parody as a strategy. The award categories include: Music, Animation, Theatre, Human Tools, Future Markets and Great Leftovers of Spanish Culture, among others .<ref>{{cite web |url=http://la-ex.net/proyectos/las-categorias-y-los-exponsors |title= Las categorías y los eXponsors|accessdate=7 de marzo de 2011|publisher=La-EX}}</ref>


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== About the oXcars ==


[[Category:Cultural festivals in Spain]]
The oXcars are an awards ceremony organised by [[X.net]] (previously eXgae, until November 2010),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2010/11/29/navegante/1291045521.html |title=EXGAE cambia de nombre a'La EX' tras las amenazas de la SGAE |accessdate=March 7, 2011 |date=November 29, 2010 |publisher=El Mundo }}</ref> a non-profit organisation that explores alternative models for cultural diffusion and [[royalties]] management. In 2008 and 2009 the oXcars were organised with the collaboration of Conservas, and in 2010 with Conservas, Red Sostenible and Telenoika.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://la-ex.net/english/the-oxcars/oxcars08/program/|title= Program|accessdate=March 7, 2011|publisher=oxcars10.la-ex.net}}</ref>

The awards ceremony is an overview of the most outstanding projects in the field of free/libre culture and knowledge, with live music, videos, brief presentations, performances and readings.
Since 2009, the oXcars have coincided with the [[Free Culture Forum|FCForum]], an international conference in which organisations and experts in the field of free/libre culture and knowledge gather for the purpose of devising a global strategic framework and an international framework for coordination.

== Categories ==
[[File:Oxcars.jpg|thumb|oXcars 2008]]
* Music
* Film
* Dance
* Theatre
* Animation
* Literature
* Millions of Visits in Your Bedroom
* Great Human Tools
* Future Markets
* Culture existed before the Cultural Industry
* Great Leftovers of Spanish Culture

== History ==

=== 2008 oXcars ===
The participants of the first oXcars, on October 28, 2008, were Leo Bassi, [[The Pirate Bay]], literary collective [[Wu Ming]], filmmaker Guillermo Zapata (director of the short film ''[[Lo que tú quieras oír]]''), Pablo Soto (developer of the Manolito P2P software), Platoniq, Alan Toner, FreeCinema, Griffi from Sólo los Solo, [[Molleindustria]] (with the video game Free Culture Game), Enrique Sierra from 127.es, the [[Blender Foundation]] with the 3D short film ''[[Big Buck Bunny]]'', Realidades Avanzadas and Matt Black ([[Coldcut]]).<ref>[http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cataluna/Oxcars/Bassi/pasan/glamour/elpepuespcat/20081030elpcat_5/Tes Los Oxcars y Bassi pasan del 'glamour'] El País</ref>
The evening was rounded off with live sets by K-Sero+Off://TV, [[Filastine]] and La Màquina de Turing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/424246/l/oxcars/cultura/ocio/ |title=Los Oxcars premian, en su primera gala en Barcelona, la "cultura libre" de Leo Bassi |accessdate=May 13, 2011| date=October 29, 2008 |publisher=Diario 20 minutos}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/noticias/noticia.asp?pkid=451434 |title=Miel y plumas contra la SGAE en la primera edición de los Oxcar |fechaaceso=13 de mayo de 2011| date=30 de octubre de 2008 |publisher=El periódico de Aragón}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adn.es/cultura/20081027/NWS-0933-oxcars-gala-copyleft.html |title=Y el oXcar va para... alguien que no tiene copyright|accessdate=May 13, 2011| date=October 27, 2008 |publisher=Diario ADN}}</ref>

==== Related activities ====
A series of activities related to [[free/libre culture]] were organised on October 29 and November 1, in conjunction with the 2008 oXcars. They included talks, debates, round table discussions and practical workshops on licences, examples of free culture, anonymity and [[cryptography]] on the net, production and royalties management for audiovisual projects, and Safe Creative, a service that allows users to register works with any type of licence at no cost. Activities also included the launch of the book ''New Thing'' by [[Wu Ming]] and a screening of the film ''[[Steal This Film|Steal this film, part 2]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://la-ex.net/proyectos/programa/sabadotaller
|title= Talleres prácticos |accessdate=March 7, 2011|publisher=La-EX}}</ref>

=== 2009 oXcars ===
The participants of the 2nd oXcars were [[Duquende]], the playwright Rodrigo García, the creators of the Internet series Malviviendo, [[Derivart]], the Taller de Musics Original Jazz Orquesta, the writer [[Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa]], [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]], Riot Cinema Collective, [[Jamendo]], Illegal Art, FreeCinema, the publishers Alqua, the artist [[Evan Roth]], the comedian [[Rémi Gaillard]], psst!3 (collaborative film project), Shelios, short film maker [[David O'Reilly (artist)|David O'Reilly]], Compartir Dòna Gustet, Xavier Theros and Martín Fernández (MotionGraphics).
The evening ended with a concert and live DJ set by [[Daedelus (musician)|Daedelus]] and Martin Vallejo.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/10/30/navegante/1256917941.html |title=Gala antiSGAE en Barcelona: P2P o muerte |accessdate=March 7, 2011|author=Eva Belmonte |date=November 3, 2009 |publisher=El Mundo }}</ref>

=== 2010 oXcars ===
The participants of the 3rd oXcars in 2010 were the writer José Luis Sampedro, [[The Pinker Tones]], Kate Madison and Actors at Work Productions (creators of the film ''[[Born of Hope]]''), dance company [[Akram Khan (dancer)|Akram Khan]], the writer [[Belén Gopegui]], Miguel Brieva, Triolocría, design studio Lava with their Free Magenta campaign (against the Deutsche Telekom patent on the colour magenta), gastronomic blogger Txaber Allué, hip-hop crew At Versaris, the [[Reactable]] (collaborative electronic music instrument), the free culture and [[copyleft]] festival Te Pica la Barba (with the animated short film ''Sopa'', by Irene Iborra and Jossie Malis), Rojadirecta (a portal that offers sports broadcast through [[streaming]] or P2P applications), Koulomek, the ''Tweetpeli'' (a collaborative film made through Twitter), leerestademoda.com, Ploomba (a free piped music service), Jerzy Celichowski (from [[Open Society Archives]]), [[European Digital Rights]], Public Domain Day, La Máquina que guía los rayos del sol (animations), Martín Hernández (MotionGraphics) and Kevin Nicoll (illustration).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laverdad.es/murcia/v/20101029/cultura/antioscar-cultura-libre-premian-20101029.html |title=Los antiOscar de la cultura libre premian a José Luis Sampedro|fechaaceso=May 13, 2011| date=October 29, 2010 |publisher=laverdad.es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adn.es/cultura/20101024/NWS-0702-oxcars-piratas.html |title=OXcars para la cultura libre |accessdate= May 13, 2011| date=October 24, 2010 |publisher=Diario ADN}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2010/10/29/barcelona/1288347187.html |title=Seis velas por seis años de lucha contra el canon digital |fechaaceso=May 13, 2011| date=October 29, 2010 |publisher=El Mundo }}</ref>

=== 2011 oXcars ===
The participants featured in the 4th oXcars included [[John Perry Barlow]] (co-founder of the [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]]), who celebrated 15 years of the Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace; digital newspaper El Mundo Today, which gives a satirical account of political and social current affairs; Stéphane Grueso, director of [[Copiad Malditos]], the first Creative Commons documentary co-produced by [[TVE]]; cartoonist Aleix Saló; and the group Las buenas noches, which releases its music under Creative Commons.

=== 2012 oXcars ===
The 5th oXcars were held in Barcelona on 25 October 2012, and focused on identifying the defenders and detractors of the free circulation of culture and the new models of cultural creation. The show began with an adaptation of a speech by [[Cory Doctorow]], "The Coming War on General Purpose Computation". Participants included the actor Paco León, with his film ''Carmina o revienta'', premiered simultaneously in theatres and on the Internet; the rapper [[Dan Bull]]; the documentary ''No.Res'', released under Creative Commons; the citizen legal action 15M pa Rato; the portal [[Taringa]] and the initiative Megabox by [[Megaupload]].

== See also ==
* [[X.net]]
* [[Free Culture Forum|FCForum]]
* [[Copyright]]
* [[Open source licenses]]
* [[Free software]]
* [[Private copying levy]]
* [[Net neutrality]]
* [[Telecoms Package]]
* [[Public domain]]
* [[P2P]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://whois--x.net/english/the-oxcars/oxcars08 oXcars 2008 website]
* [http://oxcars09.whois--x.net/en/ oXcars 2009 website]
* [http://oxcars10.whois--x.net/en/ oXcars 2010 website]
* [http://oxcars11.whois--x.net/en/ oXcars 2011 website]
* [http://oxcars12.whois--x.net/en/ oXcars 2011 website]
* [http://whois--x.net/about X.net website]

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