Libre Culture

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What is libre culture?

Libre culture is all about empowering people. While the general philosophy stems greatly from the free software movement, libre culture is much broader and encompasses other aspects of culture such as music, movies, food, technology, etc.

Some beliefs include but aren't limited to:

That copyright should expire after a certain period of time.
That knowledge should be available to people, not locked away.
That no entity should have unjust control or possession of others.
That mass surveillance is about mass control, not justice.
That we can all band together to help liberate each other.

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Rules

I've looked into the ways other forums handle rules, and I've distilled their policies down into two simple ideas.

Please show common courtesy: Let's make this community one that people want to be a part of.
Please keep posts generally on topic
No NSFW content
When sharing a Libre project, please include the name of its license in the title. For example: “Project name and summary (GPL-3.0)”

Libre culture is a very very broad topic, and while it's perfectly okay for a conversation to stray, I do ask that we keep things generally on topic.

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If AI Agents Catch On, Expect The Legacy Copyright Industry To Turn Them Against You (www.techdirt.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

There are different parties with opposing interests in any technology.

I think the UK legislation is well-meaning on the part of lawmakers, who think they are only combatting CSAM. Which does need combatting. But remember that the average MP has no more technical education than their average constituent and they are dependent on advice from third parties. Because of how our economy is structured, rights campaigners and academics have far less resources to advise or lobby government (and shape public opinion through media) than corporations and wealthy individuals do.

In an ideal situation you would have a working and middle class which is not only better educated but prosperous enough to have their interests properly represented and amplified to at least the level of business and finance. In a less ideal but better situation you would have business and finance reduced to the level of ordinary people, so that they can't outcompete citizens' at every turn.

I wish more people understood that economic inequality isn't just a problem when it manifests as poverty at the bottom end. It's literally the size of the disparity that causes a continually worsening feedback loop of representation.

That might sound complicated but it's not and it's as old as the hills: Better protection of your rights makes it harder for the wealthy to exploit you. You have more power and prosperity as a result.

Edit: I want to add that it's for the reasons above that Libre culture is radically valuable and empowering.