Thursday 1st April 2010, 18.30 – 21.00, Free. The Photographers’ Gallery, 16-18 Ramillies Street, W1F 7LW.

Our continuing series of bar nights with photography, music and a 10-minute soap-box debate.

THE MOTION: Creative Commons’ licenses devalue photography!

Arguing for the motion Olivier Laurent. Arguing against the motion Kate Day.

Olivier Laurent, 29, has been news editor for the British Journal of Photography for two years after a stint as a financial journalist on titles such as Dealing With Technology and Post Magazine. He is deeply involved in issues such copyright, ownership and street photography rights.

Kate Day is journalist and photographer for the Telegraph. She has worked as a local reporter in California and then spent several months in Asia where she photographed for The Hindu and New Age. Kate looks after Communities for the Telegraph and is interested in exploring more innovative ways to tell stories online.