The OPEN Act as an experiment in digital democracy
By John D. Sutter, CNN
(CNN) - With all the buzz about SOPA and PIPA you may have missed another important acronym: OPEN.
The OPEN Act is being touted by its sponsor as the moderate alternative to those other two…
OPEN - an act to replace the SOPA/PIPA acts, which I am sure you have heard about (if you did not, make sure you google these terms). What is so special about OPEN is the way it is being elaborated - in a collaborative way, where the whole internet can be a part of this act, as one. Collaborative and participative process to define together how we want the world we live in to look like are expected to be more and more numerous, but meanwhile this piece of legislation is an interesting step toward a world in which citizen of the world are able to work together.
