I believe that this space is no different than roads and community infrastructure.
This space is power. People having access to this space is dangerous. What happened to "Every man a publishing house!" "Every man a network." That's the sales pitch communications companies gave to get the control they now enjoy. They are reneging on that pitch. Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com On Jan 17, 2008, at 12:29 PM, Brook Hinton wrote: > I share Chris's concerns regarding the effect on potential audience. > > I am also concerned about this causing internet cafes and other public > access points to limit the use of video and audio. As a maker, I want > to reach people who DON'T live most of their lives online and may > primarily access the web at such places, or who don't have the > economic means to necessarily even have DSL if they have their own > computer. And I want those people to be MAKING the stuff as well. If > video and audio are going to be part of the cultural conversation and > / or the means for artistic expression on the web, they have to stay - > or more accurately, become MORE - economically accessible at the > making and viewing level. > > But then I'm a crazy old lefty who thinks we need free wifi all across > the land paid for by our tax dollars. Oh, after we fix health care and > poverty and all that. So I may be ideologically too far out of the > loop to even consider this. > > Brook > > _______________________________________________________ > Brook Hinton > film/video/audio art > www.brookhinton.com > studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
