In parallel with campaigns lead by top cultural industry players to fight against pirating, a vast artist movement has been forming on the web in recent years to defend the idea of free culture. These artists replace copyright with copyleft. Their praise for copyleft rests on the idea that copyright has constrained the circulation of cultural works strictly for economic reasons. Free culture advocates defend the belief that culture should instead be distributed by the community and to the community at large. Free culture represents the notion of a sharable culture. How does the idea of free culture get organised, what are its manifestations, its impacts?
We welcome submissions in textual (article, column, review, interview, case study, etc.) and artistic multimedia (podcast, video, audio, locative media, animation, design, etc.) form that expand upon the theme of political actions of freedom in relation to technology. We encourage contributions featuring media content; authors/artists are responsible for clearing all copyright attached to this content.
Proposals should include an abstract (300 words) and a biography (100 words).
Submissions are welcome in English or French.
Compensation: $100 - $175 (depending on number of accepted submissions) and a vast worldwide readership of your work.
Please send submissions to: revuedpi at gmail.com
Theme: Free Culture
Important dates:
- Deadline for proposals: September 16, 2011
- Deadline for final submissions: October 7, 2011
- Date of publication: November 2011
For inquiries: revuedpi at gmail.com
For submissions: revuedpi at gmail.com
Website: http://dpi.studioxx.org/
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