
Rebecca MacKinnon: iSummit '08 Keynote Address
1 year ago
"Free Culture and Free Speech"
Why strong and vibrant free culture communities are important for freedom of expression
In the democracies of today freedom of expression is often taken for granted when it is particularly fragile. It is a right that needs to be continually exercised, because if it isn't, the space that society provides for it shrinks until the next time someone exercises that right. The communities that subscribe to the ethos of the Commons are important actors in the creation of the space for free expression.
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Why strong and vibrant free culture communities are important for freedom of expression
In the democracies of today freedom of expression is often taken for granted when it is particularly fragile. It is a right that needs to be continually exercised, because if it isn't, the space that society provides for it shrinks until the next time someone exercises that right. The communities that subscribe to the ethos of the Commons are important actors in the creation of the space for free expression.
This video is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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