Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

An IP Environmentalism for Culture and Knowledge?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the made-up-words dept.

An anonymous reader writes "An article by James Boyle in the FT argues that we are (slowly) moving towards a 'cultural environmentalism' that tries to protect the public domain in the way that the environmental movement tries to protect the natural ecology. Apparently there will be a (free) conference at Stanford on the subject soon, organized by Larry Lessig's Center there."

1 of 210 comments (clear)

  1. beautiful analogy... by Daneurysm · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I've never thought of it in quite that way... It really is a wonderful analogy... the only difference being that the 'IP-ecosystem' was created by us.
     
    ...and indeed both sides of the issue have been polarized in nearly the same ways.... the "whacko environmental extremists" and "evil big business" who will destroy anything in the path towards profit.

    Is this dichotomy a natural progression of such issues or is it truely the way things are.

    I know what I believe...and I've picked my side.
     
    ~Dan