Saturday, April 16, 2005

free culture

I've just finished reading free culture by lawrence lessig, which i found illuminating in many ways. he's a really clever and just law professor. although i have certain objections/additions to some of his arguments:
first of all i find it really naive to believe that property and the protection of property is the basis of a free culture. this belief is ingrained into our brains by the capitalist system we live in.
secondly, and rightfully, he does not spend much time discussing the international issue in intellectual property, since he knows and talks about US constitution. but i believe that international aspects are more crucial today.
lastly, his linking the free culture with free market to win over the free market advocates bothered me. i guess by now every clever person, academician, knows that free market is a utopic dream. no market can function (and function justly) without regulation.
overall i agree with most of his arguments on internet and file-sharing, however i am more of a, what he calls anarchist, than him. because i believe in totally free sharing of music, films, information on the internet. and perhaps like a utopian idealist i believe that internet will create an environment that is not governed by money!
anyone interested should check his blogspot..

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