Information Nomads and Community Surfing

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As I read the article in Floss, I realized that the evolution of the internet has mostly worked to allow the free passage of knowledge around the world. As much as businesses have tried to snuff out open source software and have tried to limit the passage of movies and music, new ways of circumventing "the man" have sprung up. Napster was replaced by limewire, then limewire replaced by bearshare, then kazaa, then BitTorrent. The internet has even dealt a harsh blow to the porn industry because everyone gets it for free. The internet itself is the greatest marketplace with the largest audience in the world, and while companies are attempting to resist the free wave, evolution is pointing the beast in the path of open source software and free transmission of knowledge.

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