InfoAnarchy
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infoAnarchy is a blog-like news service and wiki taking a stance against censorship, copyrights, patents and even excessive enforcement of trademarks. The website promotes and discusses the subversion of intellectual property using tools like peer-to-peer file sharing, and has frequently made reference to alternative economic models like the idea of a "gift economy." All of infoAnarchy's text is automatically placed in the public domain.
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History
The idea for infoAnarchy came from an idea posted on ShouldExist.org.Template:Ref
InfoAnarchy wiki
The infoAnarchy wiki (or "iA wiki" for short) is a collection of openly editable pages on the subject of information retrieval, distribution and management. It is part of the infoAnarchy website. The Wiki's mission statement says:
- Information related to file sharing, copyright, the gift economy, cyber liberties, peer to peer research, information tools, and similar topics which are discussed on infoAnarchy.Template:Ref
The website' slogan is "Which future do you want to live in?" This alludes to the perspective that, if traditional intellectual property laws are rigidly enforced, the digital commons of the Internet might be destroyed.
The infoAnarchy Wiki uses the MediaWiki software (similar to Wikipedia). The rest of the infoAnarchy website is based on Scoop. All content contributed to the Wiki is in the public domain and may therefore be freely used for any purpose.
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External links
- infoAnarchy (up, accessed April 17, 2006)
- infoAnarchy wiki
- infoAnarchy "chump," a blog made from URLs posted to the infoAnarchy IRC channel