ART ACTIVISM + TECHNOLOGY IN THE AGE OF CORPORATE GLOBALISM
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VIEW THE NETCAST FROM THE
---"FREE.THE.MEDIA! SUMMIT"!---

ESTABLISHING DEMOCRACY IN CYBERSPACE AND RECLAIMING PUBLIC SPACE ON THE NET

Netcast LIVE on Saturday March 9, 2002 (7pm-2am EST)
From: Name.Space Lab,
11 East 4th St. 2Fl, New York City

Douglas Rushkoff
and Paul Garrin

A telephone conversation about preserving democracy and building communities online.

Online Democracy vs. Corporate Fascism: How can we bring an end to corporate and government domination of media and access? What can we do to create a democratic and sustainable space in a privately owned media infrastructure?

Who are the corporations and state agencies that own, control, surveil, the media infrastructure and set the rules that govern it? What are the barriers to entry for creating a publicly managed media space? How can these barriers be overcome to create a fair and democratic digital commons?

Who is ICANN? Are they the 'WTO of the Internet' How do they threaten individual freedoms in cyberspace? Who has the real authority over the Internet and how did they get it? How can we define public space in a privately owned physical world?

These issues and more were discussed live on WBAI 99.5 FM NY radio on 02.27.02 with John Perry Barlow (phoning from SF) Cristine Wang, and myself. You can hear the net version at http://FreeTheMedia.org/radio/index.wbai.20020227.html