[Icommons] Aboriginal archive's new DRM: Cultural Solution?
Rob Myers
rob at robmyers.org
Wed Jan 30 08:06:09 EST 2008
Fred Benenson wrote:
>
> I don't see this as a conundrum, I see it as a negative effect of
> technology. I don't think that enforcing class, tribal end gender
> divisions through code is a good thing. It takes a heavy dose of
> cultural relativism on behalf of other people to see it as a good thing.
>
> I don't think the point is that code enables people to enforce tribal
> mores through technology,
Q.E.D. ;-)
I agree with Tim and Cory about the complexities of the impact of
tribal* society mediated by law and technology on individuals.
And I agree with Cory about the impact of the "intellectual property"
legal framework on tribal knowledge. Which is why I will recommend
Ghosh's "CODE" again:
http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=10459
- Rob.
* - For want of a better word.
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