Archive:Essay

List here specific points that you think are absolutely essential to communicate in any discussion of fc.o/free culture. The aim is a *short* (2-3 paragraphs) essay describing briefly who we are, and focusing on 'what is free culture and why is it better than what we have now / unfree?'

- free culture means individual empowerment. we believe that individuals without corporate backing should be able to participate meaningfully in their culture.

- copyright law should not endow upon anyone the right to regulate anyone's individual behavior or any other sector of the economy, particularly the consumer electronics and computing industries, just because they touch copyrighted content.

- the DMCA needs to be reformed, specifically the "anticircumvention clause" needs to be removed, as it prevents evolution and development of device interoperability and open source applications in a free market, and allows copyright holders to supercede congressional authority and dictate their own "custom" copyright laws which impede individual's right to fair use of their purchased media and prevent fair competition (maybe examples?).

I want to see addressed the fallacy that somehow the behavior of masses of individuals is the same as the behavior of an organized counterfeiter and should be "controlled". This seems to be a major argument of lobbyists, and it should be made clear that individuals do not collectively conspire to "steal" from industry.