In light of the video we watched/heard on Tuesday in class about free culture, I've been thinking a lot about free culture and how the ideas of freedom of culture extend far beyond copyrights and ISP laws and reach into the very constitutional realms of free speech and the (assumed) right to creativity. It sparks a very interesting debate especially when juxtaposed with the Tasering of the Florida student at a John Kerry speech. Was he outside his bounds of free speech? Was he outside his bounds in free creativity? What part of our culture restricts what he is able to do? What right do the police officers have for (not even tasering him) removing him from the podium for asking serious questions, if in an albeit "hammed up" manner?
And what does it say about the digital age when instantly his actions appear on YouTube? Do his questions/actions gain tenor and significance or do they lose the meaning he had originally intended?
Also related to Free Culture, randomly found This and was curious if anyone had heard of it or knew anything about it.
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This is in reference to your note at the end of the post about the FreeCultureTour. While I agree with freculture.org's end goal, I'm not a fan of their marketing and campaign strategies that play down to college kids (those who "free culture" probably matter most to).
Is it just me or does it seem like one of those cheezy Truth ads that try to relate to kids and prevent tobacco use?
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