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Date: Class 11, April 24, 2007
Date: Class 11, April 24, 2007


Students presenting: (4-6 people)
Students presenting:


* Renat Lumpau
* Renat Lumpau
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The connection between the politics of the Internet and politics on the Internet might lie in the movements – the human networks – that are fueled by digital culture.  The non-profit Creative Commons, with its forty-some international organizations around the world, has established one such network; Global Voices represents another.  A new movement, called Free Culture, is growing up close to home, on Harvard’s campus, among others.  Is cyber-activism the new environmentalism?
The connection between the politics of the Internet and politics on the Internet might lie in the movements – the human networks – that are fueled by digital culture.  The non-profit Creative Commons, with its forty-some international organizations around the world, has established one such network; Global Voices represents another.  A new movement, called Free Culture, is growing up close to home, on Harvard’s campus, among others.  Is cyber-activism the new environmentalism?


==Preliminary Comments and Research==
[http://snappoll.com/poll/187739.php Pre-Class Poll]
*Team: In today's Financial Times (March 15) there are a couple of articles on the Google vs. Viacom battle, which in many ways embodies debate surrounding the 'digital intellectual property crisis.' [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/78e86234-d271-11db-a7c0-000b5df10621.html The FT's editors believe] that the future of the internet does depend on the outcome of this debate. If you don't have access to this article, please email me and I can copy and paste it. On that note, I don't have any of your emails - can we start a list-serve of sorts for this debate? Mailto:  andrew[dot]bennett[at]tufts[dot]edu


*Another Op-ed relevant to the debate, [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/18/opinion/18lessig.html this one by Lawrence Lessig.]
[http://snappoll.com/poll/187988.php Post-Class Poll]
 
[http://debate4digg.blogspot.com/ Debate 4 Digg Blog - Arugments on Here Can Be Digged and Commented]
 
[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ilp2007/Debate_4/IP_Kills_Democracy Argument In Support of the Resolution]
 
[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ilp2007/Debate_4/Debate_4_Argument_Against Argument Against the Resolution]

Latest revision as of 17:40, 24 April 2007

Date: Class 11, April 24, 2007

Students presenting:

  • Renat Lumpau
  • Michael Broukhim
  • Drew Bennett
  • Jon Bashford
  • Amanda Devereux
  • Adam Katz

The Question

"Resolved: The outcome of the digital intellectual property crisis is crucial to whether or not the use of the Internet ultimately has a positive impact in terms of strengthening democracies."

Topic: The Free Culture Movement

The connection between the politics of the Internet and politics on the Internet might lie in the movements – the human networks – that are fueled by digital culture. The non-profit Creative Commons, with its forty-some international organizations around the world, has established one such network; Global Voices represents another. A new movement, called Free Culture, is growing up close to home, on Harvard’s campus, among others. Is cyber-activism the new environmentalism?

Pre-Class Poll

Post-Class Poll

Debate 4 Digg Blog - Arugments on Here Can Be Digged and Commented

Argument In Support of the Resolution

Argument Against the Resolution

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