http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2006/03/12/idea-creative-source-licenses/ From the Berkman Center at Harvard Law School Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:34:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2006/03/12/idea-creative-source-licenses/comment-page-1/#comment-2051 John Palfrey » Blog Archive » Making a Market Emerge out of Digital Copyright Uncertainty Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:20:55 +0000 http://clem.law.harvard.edu/jpalfrey/2006/03/12/idea-creative-source-licenses/#comment-2051 [...] Many business models in the Web 2.0 industry in particular hinge on the outcome of this uncertainty. A VC has long written about “the rights issues” at the core of many businesses that are built, or will be built, on what may be the sand — or what may turn out to be a sound foundation — of “micro-chunked” content. Lawrence Lessig has written the most definitive work on this topic, especially in the form of his book, Free Culture. The RSS-and-copyright debate is one additional angle on this topic. Creative Commons licenses can help to clarify the rights associated with micro-chunked works embedded in, or syndicated via, RSS feeds. [...] [...] Many business models in the Web 2.0 industry in particular hinge on the outcome of this uncertainty. A VC has long written about “the rights issues” at the core of many businesses that are built, or will be built, on what may be the sand — or what may turn out to be a sound foundation — of “micro-chunked” content. Lawrence Lessig has written the most definitive work on this topic, especially in the form of his book, Free Culture. The RSS-and-copyright debate is one additional angle on this topic. Creative Commons licenses can help to clarify the rights associated with micro-chunked works embedded in, or syndicated via, RSS feeds. [...]

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