Posted by lon@athenet.net [ 209.103.213.254 ] on April 03, 2006 at 19:42:34:
In Reply to: Re: Anyone noticing the huge amount of commercial products at DIY shows lately? posted by manualblock on April 03, 2006 at 19:30:09:
This sort of brings to mind the notion of 'doing each other's laundry'
for a living.
I always envisioned the DIY audio as open source but now I am
learning otherwise as well. Certain softwares are now on a sort
of subscription basis.
This is what Lessig referred to (paraphrasing) as the privatization
of the commons. In other words, knowledge that was freely exchanged
may provide the basis of a new concept. When that concept goes up for
sale there is a lack of recognition of the commons of information as
a contributing factor.
The other thing about Last Poets... HBO has a new film called
Walkout about student acctivities in 1968. That should be a very
worthwhile thing to follow up on.
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