3 | | We have all gathered because we believe in alternative media, its power and potential and its importance in the struggles of our peoples for a |
4 | | better world. We are convinced that it is not only better, more complete and more accurate than mainstream media but that the role it plays, the |
5 | | way it is developed and delivered and the access people have to developing and delivering it make it completely different from mainstream media. |
| 3 | We have all gathered because we believe in alternative media, its power and potential and its importance in the struggles of our peoples for a better world. We are convinced that it is not only better, more complete and more accurate than mainstream media but that the role it plays, the way it is developed and delivered and the access people have to developing and delivering it make it completely different from mainstream media. |
15 | | Most of our community is reliant on proprietary distribution systems -- YouTube, Google and others -- that are owned by large companies whose goal |
16 | | is to control communications as a market and to control expression as a product. With these systems, we give up some of our rights to our own |
17 | | media and we also support systems that aren't open, that are controlled by companies and that can and frequently do engage in censorship and content |
18 | | control without our consent. |
| 11 | Most of our community is reliant on proprietary distribution systems -- YouTube, Google and others -- that are owned by large companies whose goal is to control communications as a market and to control expression as a product much the same way the mainstream media sells eyeballs to advertisers. With these systems, we give up some of our rights to our own media and we also support systems that aren't open, that are controlled by companies and that can and frequently do engage in censorship and content control without our consent. |