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Free Culture
	As the current intellectual property climate gets more and more authoritarian and restrictive, arts and cultural organizations would do well to review Lawrence Lessig's Free Culture, an essay about the alternative. If we truly want another Renaissance, this is the vision we must embrace. Posted: 7/25/03; 12:43:06 PM #

The Web Rewires the Movement
	In The Web Rewires the Movement, Andrew Boyd looks deeply at the evolution of online organizing, from the WTO Battle in Seattle, the current U.S. presidential campaigns, the peace movement, and international examples. It's a superb survey of the field. Posted: 7/25/03; 12:42:35 PM #

As volunteer programs face cuts
	Amanda Paulson looks at the possible impacts of cuts in U.S. volunteer programs. Although these programs have wide support, it seems there is an undercurrent that we "shouldn't pay people to do what they should do for free." That sentiment angers me. Isn't that precisely what we should do? Reward people who do good? Posted: 7/25/03; 12:42:13 PM #