No longer always fixed in physical objects, the social distinction between proprietary and free information becomes contingent. Free speech is both free trade and free gifts. Making Media A ccording to current copyright legislation, this new form of free speech is simply a new type of theft. Information must always remain a commodity within cyberspace. Yet, within the Net, free speech is evolving into the fluid process of 'interactive creativity'.
Information exists as commodities, gifts and hybrids of the two.
Yet, the letter of law criminalises the on-line activities of almost every Net user. The 'negative' concept of media freedom prohibits political censorship only to justify economic censorship. Free trade is state power. In their daily lives, everyone knows that there is almost no chance of being punished for swapping information. The existing copyright laws are increasingly unenforceable within the Net.