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by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Mon Jul 28th, 2008 at 02:17:17 AM EST
It's a start. But Lessig is living in MIT World, not Fox World. The Internet is still a rather exclusive and specialised tool, which means that it's not going to reach people who need to be reached.

The point of mass media is that they're mass media. One-to-many organisation with no right of reply is inherently authoritative.

Lessig's campaign probably won't get anywhere unless he also promotes open access to mass media. (And for the purposes of this exercise, Youtube != mass media.)

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Mon Jul 28th, 2008 at 11:43:45 AM EST
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Wow.  Trippi couldn't run a political campaign to save his life, but he's a visionary when it comes to using the internet to change the way we participate in the political process.  Very cool to see him teaming up with Lessig.  

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
by poemless on Mon Jul 28th, 2008 at 03:44:23 PM EST
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