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sharing cultural heritage in the digital age
The development of digital technologies in general and the internet inparticular has finally made it possible to freely share knowledge andelements of culture with people all over the world.At the same time so called intellectual property and digitalrestriction regimes threaten the exchange of ideas.There are many areas where we can now influence the holders and usersof cultural heritage to add to the global pool of knowledge and toprofit of its existence.Many researchers and smaller institutions in the field of knowledgeand culture don't know about the possibilities and benefits of usingopen tools and open content and the dangers of proprietary softwareand "protected" contents.Many projects that could enrich the global knowledge are neverattempted or fail after a few years because common errors are madeagain and again. Millions of tax-payers dollars perish becauseproprietary software stops working and can't be replaced. Synergiesthat spring from creating new links between existing material are leftuntapped because content is locked into closed systems.Every hacker can and should help in enabling free tools and freecontent and in fighting digital restrictions on our common culturalheritage.I will present some good and some bad examples in the field, showopportunities for new projects and end with a big call forcollaboration.
