To be free
Wednesday, April 4th, 2007
The Chronicle of Higher Education has a nice profile on Cory Doctorow, the noted author and Boing Boing blogger.
It’s especially interesting to take a look at Mr. Doctorow as an advocate for freedom within the confines of a particularly bureaucratic and image-conscious university. (As a sample, a university email to students, cited in the article: “as an academic institution, USC’s purpose is to promote and foster the creation and lawful use of intellectual property.”)
His thoughts on the notion of copyright, ownership, and the nature of freedom are just barely brushed, but it is a well-written study of an important figure in society’s efforts to reconcile property and freedom.
Link » | Photo: Cory Doctorow by Ed Schipul