Rebecca MacKinnon: iSummit '08 Keynote Speaker

Free Culture and Free Speech: Why strong and vibrant free culture communities are important for freedom of expression: In the democracies of today freedom of expression is often taken for granted when it is particularly fragile. It is a right that needs to be continually exercised, because if it isn't, the space that society provides for it shrinks until the next time someone exercises that right. The communities that subscribe to the ethos of the Commons are important actors in the creation of the space for free expression.

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In “Free Culture and Free Speech: Why strong and vibrant free culture communities are important for freedom of expression”, Rebecca MacKinnon discusses the challenges that Internet activists face in countries such as China, and the role that the free culture community can have in amplifying their voices and in assisting in making the Internet a truly democratic and free platform.

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Copyright 2008, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. icommonstest. (2008, September 12). Rebecca MacKinnon: iSummit \'08 Keynote Speaker. Retrieved January 06, 2009, from iSummit Video Archive Web site: http://video.icommonssummit.org/Members/icommonstest/videos/Rebecca_MacKinnon.mov. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.