[FC-discuss] FreeCulture.org is now Students for Free Culture

[Crosbie Fitch]

I would have thought "Artists for Free Culture" would have been better.

Or even "Free Citizens for Free Culture"

I would suspect that the popular conception of a student is a passive
receptacles for knowledge, only expected to start doing anything
significantly productive/creative until after they've ceased being a
student.

The last thing a passive receptacle needs is the freedom to publish copies
or derivatives. People will assume students are just after broader
educational exemptions for using the library photocopier.

So 'Students for Free Culture' comes across as if it was "Couch Potatoes for
Free Culture".

At worst "Students can't afford much, so we should get the world's culture
free of charge. Thanks."

The best light it can be put in is "Typically militant students having the
luxury of being able to agitate against cultural oppression of the masses"

What's so special about a student?

That's what I want to know.

If you say 'many people showed up who were not aware that we were a student
organization', perhaps instead of concluding that you need to strengthen the
student angle, you could have concluded that you should ditch the student
angle (even if students do constitute the key demographic most able to
perceive the corruption in copyright and patent).

The last thing a body that champions cultural freedom should be is
exclusive.

If only FreeCulture.org was now 'Everyone for Free Culture'

"We found people were confused when we said it was a student organisation,
so we've stopped saying that. We now just say it's an open and egalitarian
organisation that welcomes everyone interested in promoting cultural
freedom"