Open Source Culture: The End of Artistic Ownership?

Posted by DynaBMan on Apr 8, 2010 6:53 AM EDT
Political Realities; By Isaiah J Roberts
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Open-source culture. What does this bring to mind? For some, it represents freedom: freedom to speak, freedom to share, and freedom to change. Yet, to others, the words sound a death-knell. To them, anything open-source is dangerous. Sherman Alexie, a novelist, was quoted in an interview: “With the open-source culture on the Internet, the idea of ownership — of artistic ownership — goes away… it terrifies me.” I must respectfully disagree.

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