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

[MJ Ray]

"Fred Benenson" <fred.benenson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Crosbie: why not consider an organization such as iCommons which has much
> broader goals and membership?

I can't speak for Crosbie, but I think Crosbie is on this list mainly
for the same reason I am, because freeculture-UK was closed down in
its favour.  As I understand it, iCommons has anti-commercialism
written into its foundations (thereby closing it off from artists who
need to make money from their free culture creations), uses hum-votes
to makes decisions and doesn't record its meetings.

If there must be another "open and free culture" group, then we'll get
there eventually, but there's a natural desire to avoid duplication of
overheads.  It's disappointing to see so many missed opportunities and
this vital task left to telling the Crosbies of this world to go DIY,
instead of incorporating their support into your efforts.

Hope that explains,
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