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  • From: tom poe <tompoe AT amihost.com>
  • To: Anatoly Volynets <av AT total-knowledge.com>
  • Cc: Community Studios <community_studios AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Community_studios] helping build free culture on top of free software
  • Date: 21 May 2005 07:10:54 -0700

On Fri, 2005-05-20 at 12:47, Anatoly Volynets wrote:
> 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.
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Well, let's hope the Open Studios book (authoright) and SONG STORM
commemorative CD (authoright) examples works out well. Then, there will
be something interesting to throw in the mix.
Tom





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