Daily Archives: November 13, 2009

Free Doesn’t Mean Devalued

By Blaise Alleyne | Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 Canada | Posted in Free Culture, Free Software, Music, Technology | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Post a Comment
November 13, 2009 – 9:45 pm

I’ve tightened up my post on why free music doesn’t mean devalued music for Techdirt. If you’ve read the original, it’s largely the same content, but cleaned up a little and much more concise. Free Doesn’t Mean Devalued: The concept of zero took ages for societies to recognize, let alone understand. Mike has explained before [...]

Is There A Better Word Than “Balance” In The Copyright Debate?

By Blaise Alleyne | Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 Canada | Posted in Free Culture, Free Software, Law | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (3)
November 13, 2009 – 9:42 am

Credit: Brent and MariLynn [CC BY] Mike Masnick questions the word “balance” in the copyright debate: I’ve long thought that balance is the wrong way to look at it. The purpose of copyright law is to incentivize the creation of new content, and thus the standard on which copyright law should be judged is one [...]

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