Liberte, Culture et Romantisme

The Internet seems to be a new universe of freedom, where everyone can say what they want. Yet too much information is being hidden away in expensive arrangements which few can pay to see. It seems our culture is being locked up in new kinds of prisons. The romantic ideal would be for everything to be free - food, clothing, music, beautiful homes - but this cannot be possible in a human world. I propose a different romantic idea that may just be possible: a document system where anyone may re-use content, even content which must be paid for, in completely new structures - with each portion still connected to its original context. I believe it is possible to create new arrangements that liberate content without breaking copyright - allowing perhaps the most freedom and benefit for all that is possible in a world where copyright is not going to go away.