After several rounds of banter between myself, Beth Kanter and Stephen Downes I think I finally get something rather important – that a switch of the default from copyright to non-commercial sharing is what the creative world really needs.
That switch of the default position would free creative types from even having to think about complex rules and restrictions, placing the burden on any exceptions for commercial use. In Stephen’s words:
Longtime readers will know that I have always been a reluctant supporter of Creative Commons (it shouldn’t be necessary; the default should be non-commercial sharing, while commercial ownership and use constitute exceptions) and have expressed a vocal dislike for the legalese that comes with it (for example, the recent kerfuffle over the definition of ‘commercial’).
How cool would that be! Instead of haggling about the exact terms of the most open license for a remix culture (is attribution more open than attribuition, noncommercial, what about sharealike etc) we could just get on with being creative.
Seems too good to be true (like the semantic web) – but is it?
Fang – Mike Seyfang
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3 responses so far ↓
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Leigh
// Mar 23, 2007 at 7:41 pm
catch up on the comments i’m cop’n http://learnonline.wordpress.com/2007/03/18/nz-tv-and-blogging/
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lucychili
// Mar 26, 2007 at 9:47 pm
To me this is what the GPL is.
You can do anything you want, use, modify, share within an organisation,
but if you want to distribute it you are responsible for making sure it is possible for the next person to have the same opportunity.
I think it is time we started recognising ways of generating value which are not restriction based. Teaching, law, health, public information, all of these traditionally are systems which generate value around information which are not defined by restriction of access. Value should be about the how of what you do and not realestate for fencing others away.
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Learning with the Fang » Blog Archive » Leigh Blackall wrestles with Creative Commons
// May 24, 2007 at 6:15 pm
[...] It’s hard going but well worth a listen and ongoing conversation. I have run into the same pain points that Leigh describes in my work with LearnDog. Having done a few rounds of this conversation myself, I thought I would try to summarise some key points: [...]
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