A Copyfighter’s Musings

Scientific American has a brief article on the adventures of Lessig and CC. The first sentence of the concluding paragraph states, “Some legal pundits will question whether an idea that downplays the profit motive will ever be widely embraced.”

First, economic pundits would probably have more of a problem with it.

Second, CC does not completely downplay the profit motive.  People can actually stand to profit a great deal by allowing less restrictive terms. 

For instance, a photographer could circulate a few photos on the Net with links to his website included. At his website, he could then sell other photos.  Hurray for promotional marketing!

Filed by Derek Slater at 11:27 pm under Notes
Comments Off on More Evidence that People Still Don’t Get Creative Commons

Lawmeme referred me to this article about the RIAA trying to gain access to students’ email to identify pirates. 
Quick question: Why are they doing this in Australia?  And, what’s stopping them from doing it here?

Filed by Derek Slater at 11:14 pm under General news
Comments Off on RIAA Goes After Australian College Students

Apologies for not posting much recently – school and HPR and snow and a damned cold have hindered my thinking.

I’ve been thinking a bit about mediAgora and Professor Fisher’s plan.  I noticed how both encourage a system that follows John Perry Barlow’s assesment:

“Familiarity Has More Value than Scarcity”

While mediAgora urges artists to use Promoters, Fisher’s plan would encourage artists to have as little control over copying and distribution as possible.

What other ways could we encourage such a system?  How can we encourage familiarity to be a key component of people’s business models?

Filed by Derek Slater at 8:47 pm under General news
Comments Off on Only a minor thought