A second consideration to be made in regards to Marcel is the notion of "carving out a space" or "squatting." It seems that, unashamedly, these notions are derived mostly from fear of being paved over. And why shouldn't we fear such a fate? Big business and the movie industry have huge power and money to campaign and cause change. It makes sense, then, that we'd need to fight them for our own niche as artists.
However, as it stands now, IP is largely free. I mean this in the sense of openness and not monetary freedom. All you need to do now is buy a server somewhere and you can host and share whatever you like. I have my own server space on a machine in Chicago, so does my friend Ian (though his is elsewhere and oft used for more diabolical purposes.)
There's noone now who can leach our bandwidth or keep us from sharing whatever we wish. Of course we aren't talking about the Very High Bandwidth that Marcel can promote - but that has, seemingly, more to do with funding than resources. With enough money, Ian and I could synchronize music over the 'net too.
Freedom, right?
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