“We always tried to design each new protocol to be both useful in its own right and a
building block available to others. We did not think of protocols as
finished products, and we deliberately exposed the internal
architecture to make it easy for others to gain a foothold. This was
the antithesis of the attitude of the old telephone networks, which
actively discouraged any additions or uses they had not sanctioned.” – Stephen Crocker, explaining how early net standards were developed and adopted. #
Are the arts the telephone companies or the internet pioneers?
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Our culture is undergoing profound changes. Our expectations for what culture can (or should) do for us are changing. Relationships between those who make and distribute culture and those who consume it are changing. And our definitions of what artists are, how they work, and how we access them and their work are changing. So... 
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