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Date: Class 11, April 24, 2007

Students presenting: (4-6 people)

* Renat Lumpau
* Michael Broukhim
* Drew Bennett
* Jon Bashford

==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 â the human networks â 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 Harvardâs campus, among others.  Is cyber-activism the new environmentalism?