On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 03:27:05PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'd like to propose to summarize main points of > Lessig's "Free Culture" book in an upcoming KPLUG meeting > sometime. > > Lessig's main point is that we are losing artistic freedoms that have > been a part of US for 180+ years. In order for big media > to protect themselves from something new (Internet), we are losing > something very old (artistic freedom from state and private control). > > Lessig's warning includes interesting > history of *piracy* and *intellectual property* regarding other > technologies. > > When you hear his points you may have a new enlightened view > of current IP wars that is vastly different than biased > version presented by big media. > > Do you think people would be interested? > > Chris >
I would be. -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-steer
