Discussion of all things related to Public Domain

[Anatoly Volynets <av AT total-knowledge.com>]

Hopefully Lessig and other fighters for free culture will realize 
eventually that culture as much is about forms of expression as it is 
about ideas. That is, no freedom is possible while forms are locked up by 
publishing monopolies (copyrights).

Normal understanding of normal things would happen much earlier if said 
fighters asked themselves once: what is the nature of things (works of 
art) they discuss, fight for, think of, et cetera.

This understanding is growing very gradually in some "work around" form 
through free and open source software case, freedom of communication over 
internet case, free press case, needs of developing countries case, 
probably other cases. Still these are specific subjects and are work 
around in respect of culture as such.

On Thu, 19 May 2005, Nelson Pavlosky wrote:

: Hey folks,
: 
: Did you see this article by Lawrence Lessig called "The People Own Ideas!"?
: 
: Relevant quote:
: "The lab offered 'workshops about video editing, audio editing,
: collaboration tools, [and] online collaboration,' all 'on top of free
: software.'"
: http://vasim.blogspot.com/2005/05/people-own-ideas-by-lawrence-lessig.html
: 
: Full article:
: http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/06/issue/feature_people.asp
: 
: ~Nelson Pavlosky~
: http://nelson.freeculture.org
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Anatoly Volynets
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