Hey everyone, I had a bit of an interesting idea recently. We should have our own Libre Culture Lemmy Book and/or Film Club! The rules are quite simple.

Any content we choose to discuss must be either in the public domain or must have a license that’s approved for free cultural works.

Every three months, we vote on a new film or novel to read, or a collection of short stories that are about the length of a novel combined. Other media could be allowed as well. Downvoting suggestions isn’t allowed, unless the suggested content is inappropriate.

I can’t wait to see how this’ll go! Please let me know what you guys think of this idea, and let’s begin voting in this comment section what we’d like to watch/read in March!

  • k_o_t
    6·
    5 years ago

    I haven’t previously seen this anywhere, so I’m not quite sure what type of books to suggest. But here’s mine suggestion [book] anyway: Cipherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet

    edit: apparently this book is not in public domain, so it cannot be approved for this, however it’s an interesting read nonetheless, here is an Internet Archive link if anyone’s interested

    • wraptile
      2·
      5 years ago

      Interesting suggestion knowing how badly Assange’s image has aged. I remember back in college I was a huge fan of his ideas but the recent undeniable paper trails connecting wikileaks to Russian and other government propaganda kinda ruins the idea behind the book - sure it was 2012 but it’ll be a tough read nevertheless.

      • LofenyyOPM
        1·
        5 years ago

        It could be interesting as a bit of a retrospective. A look into the past, knowing the context of the present.

    • LofenyyOPM
      2·
      5 years ago

      Haha to be frank, I’ve never seen this anywhere either. The idea just sort of formed one day. I posted the full story here.

      If you’re having trouble thinking which genres are appropriate, don’t worry about it. All genres are welcome, all that matters is the copyright license.

      I also had a bit of trouble finding which license Cipherpunks is under. I looked towards The Internet Archive, and while there seemed to be a full copy of the book on there, the book states at the beginning that all rights are reserved, so while I consider the book to be relevant to the ideas of free culture, It’s not licensed under a free culture license.

      • k_o_t
        2·
        5 years ago

        yep, I didn’t notice this, but still it’s an interesting book to read…