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While "free content" can be used like an adjective, e.g. "a free content production", "free content encyclopedia", this doesn't work as well for | While "free content" can be used like an adjective, e.g. "a free content production", "free content encyclopedia", this doesn't work as well for | ||
"a free work production", "free work encyclopedia". Content is both singular and plural, e.g. "This movie is free content", "these movies are free content", as opposed to "This movie is [a] free work", "these movies are free works". | "a free work production", "free work encyclopedia". Content is both singular and plural, e.g. "This movie is free content", "these movies are free content", as opposed to "This movie is [a] free work", "these movies are free works". | ||
=== Free Information === | === Free Information === | ||
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=== Free Media === | === Free Media === | ||
Media is, according to [[w:Media (arts)|Wikipedia]], "the materials and techniques used by an artist to produce a work". "Free media" would be such material and techniques that are free. This would mean "derivative works allowed". On the downside, the term "Media" itself is, outside the arts, occupied negatively by the mass media, and could be understood to refer to free distribution channels rather than the creative works itself. | Media is, according to [[w:Media (arts)|Wikipedia]], "the materials and techniques used by an artist to produce a work". "Free media" would be such material and techniques that are free. This would mean "derivative works allowed". On the downside, the term "Media" itself is, outside the arts, occupied negatively by the mass media, and could be understood to refer to free distribution channels rather than the creative works itself. | ||
== Existing projects == | == Existing projects == |