Missing perspectives in "Free Culture"
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| * Software and hardware are seen as tools for creating media such as
| image, text, music, movie etc.
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| * Cultural production is seen only as the work done in the studio or the
| work done with tools for media production.
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http://www.burak-arikan.com/blog/2006/09/18/missing-perspectives-in-free-culture/
http://tinyurl.com/lqsrh
Copyright, bad faith, and software licensing
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| Copyright is, in the American tradition, offered to copyright holders
| to encourage publication, particularly of new ideas, by providing a
| temporary restriction on the public's rights, often as a means toe
| nable monetary gain. This temporary restriction is not unlimited either
| in duration or scope, as it cannot strip users of other natural rights,
| and so is further balanced by the idea of fair use [2] (also known as
| fair dealing). Some nations, in fact, even go further by including not
| only copyright, but also fair use, as part of their national
| constitutions. Hence, like in a contract, we have a bargain that has
| been negotiated, between copyright holders and users, with both parties
| having specific obligations to each other. Copyright is not meant to
| maximize copyright holder's profits, but rather to provide sufficient
| incentive to promote publication.
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/node/1768
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