Which Would You Rather: Seattle or Porto Alegre? (Working Paper)

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Dorothy Kidd
Topic(s) of work:
Independent and Alternative Media, WSIS, Digital Media

Abstract

This article discusses that we need to revise some of the understandings of Internet activist networks, in light of Seattle and September 11th. The stakes are higher now, as the corporate networks close rank, and the Big Ten media moguls move towards a neobroadcast model of communications. The activist networks, and the IMC are contending with a number of new measures on and off the Internet: police harassment of sites, arrests of those who would exchange free software and content, copyright gouging of Internet radio sites, police invasions of IMC centers, etc.

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