Comments on: Abusive Commons http://dougpete.wordpress.com/2009/01/07/abusive-commons/ Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:34:37 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: dougpete http://dougpete.wordpress.com/2009/01/07/abusive-commons/#comment-1226 dougpete Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:07:49 +0000 http://dougpete.wordpress.com/2009/01/07/abusive-commons/#comment-1226 I thought that we might come to blows over this, Rodd. I like the concept of copyright on product. Right now, everything has copyright attached and so a deep understanding of CC might indeed be helpful. I agree strongLy that we need to encourage the production of original works instead of just helping themselves to the efforts of others. I thought that we might come to blows over this, Rodd. I like the concept of copyright on product. Right now, everything has copyright attached and so a deep understanding of CC might indeed be helpful. I agree strongLy that we need to encourage the production of original works instead of just helping themselves to the efforts of others.

]]> By: Rodd Lucier http://dougpete.wordpress.com/2009/01/07/abusive-commons/#comment-1225 Rodd Lucier Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:42:36 +0000 http://dougpete.wordpress.com/2009/01/07/abusive-commons/#comment-1225 While we may not approve of the way young people are remixing content, the real abuse, is the free trade among all types of media on the World Wide Web, by members of a youth culture that sees all 'information' as bits and bytes up for free trade. At the very least, the use of Creative Commons licensing brings the issue to the attention of this audience. I think there is great value in teaching students to assign licensing (even if it's 'all rights reserved') to their creative works. Maybe such a movement will get them thinking about where their work had its true genesis? While we may not approve of the way young people are remixing content, the real abuse, is the free trade among all types of media on the World Wide Web, by members of a youth culture that sees all ‘information’ as bits and bytes up for free trade.

At the very least, the use of Creative Commons licensing brings the issue to the attention of this audience. I think there is great value in teaching students to assign licensing (even if it’s ‘all rights reserved’) to their creative works. Maybe such a movement will get them thinking about where their work had its true genesis?

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