The document discusses Joi Ito's "Freesouls" project, which involved taking photos of people and making them freely available under a Creative Commons license, allowing anyone to use the photos as long as Ito received attribution. The project sought to challenge copyright laws and the idea that images must be commodified. The rest of the document consists of quotes from various individuals discussing their perspectives on what constitutes a "freesoul" - someone who values open sharing and freedom.

1. free souls by Joi Ito

2. “ What’s freesouls?” Freesouls is a project of photos commons created by Joi Ito Lawrence Lessig

3. “ Joi Ito is not a professional photographer, but is instead a professional elsewhere, who has used the understanding he has gained there to show us the people here. ” Joi Ito sought to…

4. “ … as an accomplished photographer and his understanding of the people he photographed to produce high-quality digital images of these people. ” Joi would use his talent…

5. Joi would then make freely available … “ … not just in the sense that anyone could download them… ”

6. … but also in the sense… “ … that they were expressly licensed for any use, commercial or not, so long as Joi was given attribution … ”

7. “ In a sense the commodification of image-making through copyright threatens to render it a commercial activity, one with no soul.... Joi Ito's collection Freesouls seeks to challenge the anti-image tendency of copyright. ” Lawrence Liang

8. Lawrence Liang

9. You Can't Own KNOWLEDGE It's time to set property aside, time to start recognizing that knowledge―valuable, precious, expensive knowledge―isn't owned. Can't be owned. Cory Doctorow

10. Cory Doctorow

11. It's an impulse to share. It's the energy of the memes that want to be passed from mouth to mouth and mind to mind. Isaac Mao

12. Isaac Mao http:// www.slideshare.net/isaac/sharism

13. human centric model It is time we acknowledge that systems work best by making work human. Yochai Benkler

14. Yochai Benkler

15. dream about future cybersociety our tiny subculture might grow into a worldwide, many-to-many, multimedia network of a billion people. Howard Rheingold

16. Howard Rheingold

17. A Freesoul is…

18. A Freesoul yields everything to obtain everything. Dominick Chen

19. A Freesoul is all about the unlimited possibilities of our life! Chiaki Hayashi

20. Learning is inherently social, and free souls really grok that. John Seely Brown

21. A Freesoul is one that understands, "If you love something, set it free; if it comes back it's yours, if it doesn't, it never was." Derek Arnwine

22. A Freesoul is not bound to other's expectations of themselves or of the world. Evan Williams

23. A Freesoul is able and willing to… … travel, play, create, debate, collaborate, annoy, destroy, lie, imply, brand, chat, search, find, broadcast, narrowcast, socialize, democratize, monetize, analyze, proselytize, empower, expand, divert, date, masturbate and participate in our new and ever-expanding digital conscience. Adam Glickman

24. A Freesoul is a person who values his or her freedom, but also values the freedom of others. Ross Mayfield

25. A Freesoul grapples with the world as it is given… … and through the force of mind and spirit perfects that world, however slightly, enriches it with —created— knowledge… Tim O'Reilly

26. A Freesoul is collaborative idealism and participatory culture as a team game. Ben Cerveny

27. A Freesoul contributes fully, knowing fully the cost and consequences of contributing. Brad Burnham

28. A Freesoul is authentic, welcoming of differences, and naturally generous. John Clippinger

29. Freesouls get a lot of enjoyment out of their days, because… … they know they're involved in something terrific, and their lives and their work are indistinguishable. Susan Crawford

30. A Freesoul is something we are born with, something… … that is an inalienable part of us. Forever. Yet something we struggle to keep every day. Jun Makihara

31. A Freesoul is all about the unlimited possibilities of our life! Chiaki Hayashi

32. A Freesoul is willing to embrace what they know and then challenge it. Ken Brush

33. A Freesoul understands that potential is boundless. Mallika Dutt

34. To be truly free, one must first set others free. Tim Breidigan

35. A Freesoul understands that images can and do live lives of their own and… … that sometimes those lives should be free of restrictions and barriers to use. Fred Benenson

36. A Freesoul is reckless with time zones, languages, and identities. Ed Bice

37. A Freesoul believes that the right to share… … is fundamental to the culture, progress and well-being of modern society. Diane Cabell

38. A Freesoul has become part of the global meeting place of knowledge. Veni Markovski

39. A Freesoul is about an ubiquitous curiosity, transcending boundaries of artificially imposed categorizations of … … the world and behavioral patterns. It is where truly significant value emerges to make history. Hiroaki Kitano

40. A Freesoul is untethered from human dramas and in step with the universe, mindful and compassionate yet at peace. Danah Boyd

41. What is a Freesoul? Submit a slide with your answer now!

42. Are you a Freesoul? Join Freesouls group on slideshare.net http:// www.slideshare.net/group/freesouls

43. Thanks to Joi Ito for licensing his photos as CC-BY! His choice of a free license has allowed me to created this slideshow with his excellent photos . " Creative Commons is a non-profit that offers an alternative to full copyright ." http:// support.creativecommons.org / Photos Credit Photos Credit

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