Looking for the book Free Culture by Lawrence Lessig? Go here.
Students for Free Culture is an international chapter-based student organization that promotes the public interest in intellectual property and information & communications technology policy.
A free culture is one where all members are free to participate in its transmission and evolution, without artificial limits on who can participate or in what way. The free culture movement seeks to develop this culture by promoting four things:
Our Berkeley chapter is hosting the 2008 Students for Free Culture conference on October 11 and 12. Travel assistance is available. Register now!
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Free Culture movement encompasses:Copyleft (Creative Commons)http://support.creativecommons.org/videos#wwtCultural environmentalism (Protecting the Public Domain)http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:AboutOpen educational resources (Curriki)http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/BrowseOpen content (Allows for Copy/Mod)/ Free content (Available for collaboration, use is… [Read More]