On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 19:47 +0100, Matthias-Christian Ott wrote:
But fighting against the culture industry - an industry that is producing "culture" like a factory produces commodities - is a difficult challenge.
That honestly sounds like a very elitist view of "culture". I don't see why that "culture industry" needs to be fought against, some of the finest works have come out of commercial ventures.
I agree with RMS's opinions on DRM and functional works. I'm not sure that the gift economy system he's espousing is necessarily a winning formula - if we work on the premise that people should be economically rewarded for their efforts, I don't see any compelling reason to say that one system of remuneration is better than another for cultural works. They seem like completely different arguments to me.
Cheers,
Alex.