{"id":920,"date":"2007-10-10T09:28:49","date_gmt":"2007-10-10T15:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.roughtype.com\/wp\/?p=920"},"modified":"2007-10-10T09:28:49","modified_gmt":"2007-10-10T15:28:49","slug":"no_free_music_n","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roughtype.com\/?p=920","title":{"rendered":"No free music, no peace"},"content":{"rendered":"

The student rebels are back. College campuses, which have remained largely unstirred by the Iraq War, global warming, and the other geopolitical controversies of the day, are emerging from their slumbers, as a new generation of protesters begins to organize and mobilize. It’s not the fight against war or pollution or genocide that’s behind the new movement. It’s the battle to protect our right to download pop songs for free.<\/p>\n

Zachary McCune, a sophomore at Brown and cofounder of the school’s chapter of the anti-copyright group Students for Free Culture, puts it all into perspective in an interview<\/a> with the New York Times:<\/p>\n

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People wonder why college students aren\u2019t rallying more around the Iraq war. If there were a draft, we probably would be. Students are so quick to fight for this cause because we\u2019re the ones bearing the burden.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And what a burden it is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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