[CS-FSLUG] Re: [Linux4christians] Invitation to Free Culture Dialogue

[Steve Wetzel]

I am a huge proponent of Free Culture and Lessig's ideas. These ideas are 
what drove us to open up our content at
www.crazychurch.com<http://www.crazychurch.com>.
(see this fun video from creativecommons.org
<http://creativecommons.org>for a quick intro to the idea:
http://creativecommons.org/video/movingimagecontest)

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...

http://www.free-culture.cc/freecontent/


I subscribe to: http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-community (See 
below for list explanation) 
 *About cc-community*  English (USA)    

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Creative Commons runs several lists with more specific charters (e.g., 
license development, metadata, international porting). See 
http://creativecommons.org/discuss for a catalog of all public Creative 
Commons mailing lists.
 
-Stepehen Wetzel
s.wetzel at freesoftwaremagazine.com



On 5/25/05, Don Parris <evangelinux at thefreelyproject.org> wrote:
> 
> I've been reading the book, "Free Culture". In it, Lawrence Lessig 
> proposes
> some changes to our current copyright system that aim to restore the 
> balance
> we have lost over the last 30-40 years. My exploration of this issue as it
> pertains to libre software has led me to expand the scope of my study to 
> the
> areas of art, literature, music and video. The application of copyright to
> these areas is closely related to the software arena.
> 
> We are losing our public domain. This means that, given the current trends
> in copyright law, all creative works will be regulated with no easy way to
> obtain permission to create derivative works. Libraries would need to 
> spend
> large sums of money to clear the rights to produce, for example, a 
> web-based
> presentation about Roosevelt's New Deal (movie & news clips, other such
> info). I may not be able to adequately convey here the harm being done to
> our public domain, which has been a part of the American legal tradition
> from the foundation of our country.
> 
> Libre software is, at bottom line, an effort to restore the balance of
> copyright law with respect to software. The Creative Commons has provided 
> a
> similar venue for other creative works. There are other organizations
> working toward the same goals. I think this balance is fundamental, not 
> only
> to our national Constitution, but also to our Christian ideals.
> 
> I would like to invite list members who are interested to a dialogue
> centered around "Free Culture". The goal of this discussion would be to
> develop a strategy for educating the Church about the importance of
> maintaining a free culture (and thus, a free society). We, the Christian
> libre software community, are the ideal prononents of such an educational
> effort.
> 
> The book is @ $10-11 (US) through Amazon. If enough people are interested,
> I'll see if we can setup a new e-mail list somehow to facilitate the
> discussion. indeed, we may be able to use one of the forums already in
> place. Either way, I pray you'll give ear and much thought to this
> invitation. We definitely need a dialogue among the brethren - on a
> nationwide scale, in my opinion.
> 
> Blessings,
> Don
> --
> evangelinux GNU Evangelist
> http://matheteuo.org/ http://chaddb.sourceforge.net/
> "Free software is like God's love - you can share it with anyone anytime
> anywhere."
> 
> 
> --
> evangelinux GNU Evangelist
> http://matheteuo.org/ http://chaddb.sourceforge.net/
> "Free software is like God's love - you can share it with anyone anytime 
> anywhere."
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