http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/MIT-Tech-Review-The-People-Own-Ideas-By-Lawrence-Lessig-tp409p411.html
Tracey P. Lauriault wrote:
> June 2005
> *The People Own Ideas!*
>
> Do we want music, software, and books to be free--or not? By Lawrence Lessig
> By Lawrence Lessig
>
http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?ch=specialsections&sc=security&id=16351&pg=1
> <
http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?ch=specialsections&sc=security&id=16351&pg=1>
>
> Here is a quote from the article:.
>
> "The Brazilian government is beginning to internalize the tenets of the
> free-culture movement as well. Brazil's minister of culture, Gilberto
> Gil, is leading a push for practical reform of the copyright system. His
> ministry has launched a project called Points of Culture (Pontos de
> Cultura) that will establish free-software studios, built with free
> software, in a thousand towns and villages throughout Brazil, enabling
> people to create culture using tools that support free cultural
> transmission. If things go as planned, the result will be an archive of
> Brazilian music, which will be stored in digital form and governed by a
> license inspired by free software's GPL. The Canto Livre project will
> "free music" made in Brazil, for Brazilians (and the world) to remix and
> re-create. And like a free-software project, it achieves that freedom on
> the back of copyright."
>
> Another great point, was the Brazilian Government's acknowledgement that
> the only way to avoid infringing on the copyright of proprietary
> software is to not buy it in the first place and instead embrace open
> source! Most of the article are L.L. observations at the the recent
> Social Forum in Brazil.
>
> So nice.
> Enjoy
> Tracey
>
> ps - there is also the rebuttal that is worth reading
>
> June 2005
> *The Creators Own Ideas*
> Contrary to what Lawrence Lessig says, a truly free society allows for
> proprietary systems.
> By Richard A. Epstein
>
http://www.technologyreview.com/rea>
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