I am a huge proponent of Free Culture and Lessig's ideas. These
ideas are what drove us to open up our content at
<a href="http://www.crazychurch.com">www.crazychurch.com</a>. (see this fun video from <a href="http://creativecommons.org">creativecommons.org</a>
for a quick intro to the idea:
<a href="http://creativecommons.org/video/movingimagecontest">http://creativecommons.org/video/movingimagecontest</a>)<br>
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As far as Lessig's Free Culture book, if you want to read a few
chapters and then buy, go to his sight where he has released the whole
thing...<br>
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<a href="http://www.free-culture.cc/freecontent/">http://www.free-culture.cc/freecontent/</a><br>
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<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/25/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Don Parris</b> <<a href="mailto:evangelinux@thefreelyproject.org">evangelinux@thefreelyproject.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I've been reading the book, "Free Culture". In it, Lawrence Lessig proposes<br>some changes to our current copyright system that aim to restore the balance<br>we have lost over the last 30-40 years. My exploration of this issue as it
<br>pertains to libre software has led me to expand the scope of my study to the<br>areas of art, literature, music and video. The application of copyright to<br>these areas is closely related to the software arena.<br><br>
We are losing our public domain. This means that, given the current trends<br>in copyright law, all creative works will be regulated with no easy way to<br>obtain permission to create derivative works. Libraries would need to spend
<br>large sums of money to clear the rights to produce, for example, a web-based<br>presentation about Roosevelt's New Deal (movie & news clips, other such<br>info). I may not be able to adequately convey here the harm being done to
<br>our public domain, which has been a part of the American legal tradition<br>from the foundation of our country.<br><br>Libre software is, at bottom line, an effort to restore the balance of<br>copyright law with respect to software. The Creative Commons has provided a
<br>similar venue for other creative works. There are other organizations<br>working toward the same goals. I think this balance is fundamental, not only<br>to our national Constitution, but also to our Christian ideals.<br>
<br>I would like to invite list members who are interested to a dialogue<br>centered around "Free Culture". The goal of this discussion would be to<br>develop a strategy for educating the Church about the importance of
<br>maintaining a free culture (and thus, a free society). We, the Christian<br>libre software community, are the ideal prononents of such an educational<br>effort.<br><br>The book is @ $10-11 (US) through Amazon. If enough people are interested,
<br>I'll see if we can setup a new e-mail list somehow to facilitate the<br>discussion. indeed, we may be able to use one of the forums already in<br>place. Either way, I pray you'll give ear and much thought to this<br>
invitation. We definitely need a dialogue among the brethren - on a<br>nationwide scale, in my opinion.<br><br>Blessings,<br>Don<br>--<br>evangelinux GNU Evangelist<br><a href="http://matheteuo.org/">http://matheteuo.org/
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