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Hampshire's animated side

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Do you remember your favorite animated film? Was it Pixar's Wall-E? Or Warner Bros.' Happy Feet? What about DreamWorks' Shrek? Can you imagine being able to create these movies for a living?

That's exactly what Chris Perry, an ex-Pixar animator, did for several years before accepting a teaching position at Hampshire College....

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Himay

posted 3/11/10 @ 8:02 PM EST

Interesting article, except for a major error in terminology. I fail to see the connection between what you describe as "a crucial anti-capitalist strain" (an extremely lazy turn of phrase with little to no meaning here) and opposition to "intellectual property" as a repugnant concept. You will find a diversity of left-wingers, raging Ayn Randers, and far-right wing gun toting libertarians (many of them multi-millionaire capitalists) united in their distaste for the concept of Intellectual Property under existing laws. The shackles this distasteful concept have imposed upon the sharing of human culture with the force of law ought to be alarming to anyone who participates in creative endeavors, whether as a creator or as a passive consumer. Kudos to Mister Kurdali for embracing and furthering the distribution of free and open source software as one way of getting artistic tools to the many, and not just those who can afford them.
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