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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.
See the slides from this presentation, here.
tags: johannesburg South Africa media-events isummit08 keynote rebecca-mackinnon global-voices free-speech free-culture
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