In case you haven’t noticed a leading contender for the definitive movement of the current decade is related to “open source” in the widest sense of that term and the sort of philosophy conveyed by the “Owner’s Manifesto“.
Whether it’s the iPod’s failure to allow you to replace the battery or your cell phone company’s desire to lock you down and lock you in, people are reacting by taking responsibility for the key technologies in their lives:
Jason Calacanis’ CalacanisCast Beta 7 with Dave Winer and Peter Rojas is an interesting, if poorly recorded (try GigaVox’s Levalator, guys!) discussion on the merits of the open source mp3 player mentioned above.
For every attempt to limit “fair use”, for every constraining patent there seems to be an equal and opposite reaction by individuals, organizations, and even countries that do not accept unreasonable constraints of design or intellectual property.
Cheers,
-pmh
