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Infoanarchism
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Infoanarchism is an umbrella term for various groups of people who are opposed to forms of intellectual property, such as copyright and patents. The term was coined in a TIME Magazine article about Ian Clarke, known as the original designer and lead developer of Freenet, called "The Infoanarchist" in July 2000. Infoanarchists are a part of the broader copyright social conflict between some content developers and individuals who wish the barriers on the use of information, like copyright, to be relaxed.
Infoanarchist groups can include:
- People who simply think copyrights are a barrier, making it difficult for poor people to access culture. This group mostly consists of those who are in favour of copyleft and free P2P without censure or legal persecution.
- Warez groups.
- Groups/ideologies that oppose capitalism or monopolistic laws that prevent free trade.
However, since these groups have different motives, they do not usually associate with one another.
Many infoanarchists use anonymous P2P networks, like Freenet, Entropy, Tor or I2P, to help protect their anonymity. These anonymous networks make it difficult for observers, or any middle man, to determine what traffic is going across the network.
