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Students for Free Culture, formerly known as FreeCulture.org, is an international student organization working to promote free culture ideals, such as cultural participation and access to information. It was inspired by the work of former Stanford, now Harvard, Law professor Lawrence Lessig, who wrote the book ''Free Culture'', and it frequently collaborates with other prominent free culture NGOs, including Creative Commons, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Public Knowledge. Students for Free Culture has over 30 chapters on college campuses around the world,〔(FreeCulture.org ), Students for Free Culture chapters〕 and a history of grassroots activism. Students for Free Culture is sometimes referred to as "FreeCulture", "the Free Culture Movement", and other variations on the "free culture" theme, but none of those are its official name. It is officially Students for Free Culture, as set for in the new bylaws that were ratified by its chapters on October 1, 2007, which changed its name from FreeCulture.org to Students for Free Culture.〔(FreeCulture.org ), Students for Free Culture's new bylaws〕 ==Goals== Students for Free Culture has stated its goals in a "manifesto": The mission of the Free Culture movement is to build a bottom-up, participatory structure to society and culture, rather than a top-down, closed, proprietary structure. Through the democratizing power of digital technology and the Internet, we can place the tools of creation and distribution, communication and collaboration, teaching and learning into the hands of the common person -- and with a truly active, connected, informed citizenry, injustice and oppression will slowly but surely vanish from the earth.〔(FreeCulture.org ), Free Culture manifesto〕 It has yet to publish a more "official" mission statement, but some of its goals are: * decentralization of creativity—getting ordinary people and communities involved with art, science, journalism and other creative industries, especially through new technologies * reforming copyright, patent, and trademark law in the public interest, ensuring that new creators are not stifled by old creators * making important information available to the public 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Students for Free Culture」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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