Ed Taekema - Road Warrior Collaboration 23.6.2004

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A blog looking at business communication, knowledge management, scripting tools, OS technology news and other things of interest to mobile tech workers. As I find interesting news this will also contain pointers to thoughts related to configuration managment, change management and general software development.

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2004-06-23

Dear Microsoft, If you didn't listen to Cory, please listen to David

Best and simplest argument for protecting and building up the public domain I've heard yet. David Weinberger to Microsoft:

When it comes to creative works, we are not "consumers," and we are not users. Rather we appropriate creative works, that is, we make them our own. We apply them to our own context. We get them somewhat right or entirely wrong. They become part of us. That's how how we learn and how culture changes. But that means that creators should lose control of their works as quickly as possible. Obviously, creators need to be be paid for their work, but not for every bit of value they create: You shouldn't have to pay me if you re-read my book or lend it to a friend, even though you are getting more value from my book. Tough noogies on me. A pay-per-use system and allowing artists to control their works much past launching them into the world will kill culture.

Source: Chocolate and Vodka
posted at 19:32:16    #

Step Away from the Shift Key!

Pressing the shift key is a felony offense in the US, the home of the brave and the fre ... oh well.

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