LIBRE which means in french Free. On Nov 19, 2012 5:09 PM, "Kẏra" <[email protected]> wrote:
> The term "free culture" reminds me too much of "free > speech<http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=20100419121217658>", > "free markets", "free trade", etc. Is there a word other than 'free' which > encompasses more than just "anyone should be totally free to do whatever > they want with any piece of culture"? Although in some contexts, like "free > association<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_association_%28communism_and_anarchism%29>" > (not to be confused with freedom of > association<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_association>), > "free" is not a neoliberal concept, I think it is in the way that we use > it. > > Of course, the state shouldn't have the power to employ broad censorship, > nor should ideas be treated as private property, but there are more nuanced > considerations of power that also need to be taken into account. Cultural > misappropriation and racism, for one. I'm trying to consider the way that > "anarchism" means "without rulers", not "without > order/organization<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomie>". > I want something that could potentially mean "without state or property > regulation", not "without any social consideration for cultural > appropriation". > > I don't want a free culture movement that is ignorant, agnostic to, or > endorsing of the systemic inequalities that already exist by ignoring the > histories and systems which privilege certain identity groups with access > to participation in media independent of a singular axis of hierarchy > (intellectual property). The assumption that everyone is equal in the eyes > of the law or should be considered equal in the eyes of the law is naive > and perpetuates oppression through more subtle means. > > Perhaps the term "free culture" can apply to the copyright/IP status of > works themselves, but I don't know how I feel about it applying to the > movement overall. Not that I think we should try to immediately get rid of > a term that has a lot of momentum behind it-- I would just appreciate an > alternative way to talk about it. > > -- > Board of Directors, Students for Free Culture: www.freeculture.org > > Blog: http://thesilentnumber.me - StatusNet Microblog: > http://identi.ca/kxra > Email: [email protected] - SMS: +1.617.340.3661 > Jabber/XMPP: [email protected] - IRC: kxra @freenode @oftc @indymedia > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > >
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