Quoting marc garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > http://www.metamute.org/en/Copyfarleft-and-Copyjustright
Mute have been excellent at publishing articles that constructively question received wisdom from free software, free culture and their opponents but I found that this article wasn't based on a good understanding of the issues. Like Lessig on a bad day, it accepts the starving artist lone genius mythology peddled by the RIAA and tries to protect artists from economic loss in the face of copyleft. This is a pre-Napster, pre-MySpace worldview that doesn't understand the economics of the music industry or the sociology of creativity. This is compounded by a failure to see the economic irony of copyleft, or how copyleft prevents alienation of labour value. And by ignoring other authors writings on the property question and IP; notably Stallman's "Why Software Should Not Have Owners" which would undermine its opening claims, and Lessig's writing on rent-seeking which would make some of its claims seem less novel. It's an interesting read but deeply flawed. I recommend the following books: "Free Software, Free Society" - Richard Stallman "Free Culture" - Lawrence Lessig "A Hacker Manifesto" Mackenzie Wark And the Mute issue "Beneath The Knowledge Commons". All are available in print or online. - Rob. _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
