Freedom of Expression

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Video documentary and book: Kembrew McLeod. Freedom of Expression®: Resistance and Repression in the Age of Intellectual Property

URL = http://freedomofexpression.us/

Description

"In 1998, university professor Kembrew McLeod trademarked the phrase “freedom of expression”—a startling comment on the way that intellectual property law can restrict creativity and the expression of ideas. This provocative and amusing documentary explores the battles being waged in courts, classrooms, museums, film studios, and the Internet over control of our cultural commons. Based on McLeod’s award-winning book of the same title, Freedom of Expression® charts the many successful attempts to push back the assault on free expression by overzealous copyright holders.

Narrated by Naomi Klein, the film features interviews with Stanford Law’s Lawrence Lessig, Illegal Art Show curator Carrie McLaren, Negativland’s Mark Hosler, UVA media scholar Siva Vaidhyanathan, and Free Culture @ NYU co-founder Inga Chernyak, among many others." (http://www.futureofthebook.org/blog/archives/2008/01/freedom_of_expression.html)