Yochai Benkler - On Autonomy, Control and Cultural Experience

This is a 'must watch'. Yochai's new book "The wealth of networks" is perfect fit for my humble End of Control rumblings, btw.   "New York, April 2007: Individuals have a stake in the fight for control over the information environment that goes beyond the lust for free entertainment. Here, Benkler discusses the growth of user autonomy, the possibility to be makers of our culture rather than remain merely passive recipients, as was the norm in the industrial system of information production. Those who formerly had control resist these changes for different reasons, be they the media industry through DRM, or teachers warning their pupils away from wikipedia..."