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L'ouvrage "The Future of Ideas. The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World" de Lawrence Lessig est désormais disponible en libre accès ici (sous licence CC).

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Dans cet ouvrage, "Lawrence Lessig explains how the Internet revolution has produced a counterrevolution of devastating power and effect. The explosion of innovation we have seen in the environment of the Internet was not conjured from some new, previously unimagined technological magic; instead, it came from an ideal as old as the nation. Creativity flourished there because the Internet protected an innovation commons. The Internet’s very design built a neutral platform upon which the widest range of creators could experiment. The legal architecture surrounding it protected this free space so that culture and information–the ideas of our era–could flow freely and inspire an unprecedented breadth of expression. But this structural design is changing–both legally and technically.."

Pour rappel, deux autres ouvrages de Lessig sont disponibles en libre accès sous licence CC:
- Free Culture (licence)
- Code v2 (licence)

Everyone’s Guide to By-Passing Internet Censorship for Citizens Worldwide (The Citizen Lab, The University of Toronto, september 2007)

"The document provides guidance for those seeking circumvention and those who want to provide it. After a brief introduction to censorship activities worldwide (including in the United States), it walks the reader through an analysis of needs and describes solutions that meet the needs based on the user’s technical skills."

Extrait de l'introduction:

"Internet censorship, or content filtering, has become a major global problem:
Whereas once it was assumed that states could not control Internet communications, according to research by the OpenNet Initiative (http://opennet.net) more than 25 countries now engage in Internet censorship practices. Those with the most pervasive filtering policies have been found to routinely block access to human rights organizations, news, blogs, and web services that challenge the status quo or are deemed threatening or undesirable. Others block access to single categories of Internet content, or intermittently to specific websites or network services to coincide with strategic events, such as elections or public demonstrations."

Via DLTJ

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