DISQUS

Nigel · 1 year ago

I completely agree that there are ways to make a good living in digital media using new business models. What I do not understand is all the people out there perfectly happy to give their information/time away for free, with no thought of ever making any money off of it. I throw a couple posts a week on my blog, and I edit on wikipedia from time to time, but there are people who are contributing to the creative commons on a massive scale without asking for anything back. Power to them, but I don't understand it.

Ari Herzog · 1 year ago

I'm always interested in hearing about new communities of like-minded people joining forces to promote a common cause. Thanks for the link!

Raul · 1 year ago

Completely agreed, David. I still don't understand how some people can say "oh I don't attribute because it's a hassle". It's unethical and really makes people lose credibility.

I'm also following your Bill C-61 posts (I've written a couple in the past on my blog), but I'm sort of concerned that people aren't keen on those public policy issues. Why is that?

Ddonat · 1 year ago

Well, I'm actually surprised how many do care. Previous attempts to push a bill through parliament were held up due to public pressure. I personally think we can thank Michael Geist for that leadership, but you are accurate that there is not enough ground swell from the population en mass even though this legislation will affect everyone.

The reason I think this may be the case is:
1. It is an esoteric topic.
2. We as a population protest for legislation when we feel pain. Meaning, if crime/taxes are high and we can "see it" or experience it we lobby government for change to rectify the situation. NO ONE is experiencing copyright pain in Canada. We copy our content all the time in ethical manners. Nothing is stopping us today so why worry about copyright and educate yourself on the topic. The greater population did not care about global warming 10 years ago even though scientists were saying the situation was dire, because we were not experiencing the bad effects of global warming.

So, to rectify the situation you need to actively educate the population. Something a la "An Inconvenient Truth"

Which gives me a thought....

Raul · 1 year ago

Ok, so you have a thought that is related to "An Inconvenient Truth". Being a specialist in environmental issues, and a geek-in-training, I'm all ears... how can we combine Bill C-61, content reuse, educating the population, Web 2.0 and environment? (or not environment). E.g. what can Raul do to help?

Ddonat · 1 year ago

Good Question Raul.
My feeling is that a well thought out video or series of videos would be very helpful something akin to:
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/3380/125/

However, these videos do not clearly ILLUSTRATE the pain consumers will have and disadvantage that Canadian companies will be under should Bill C-61 pass.

So, if you're feeling creative, let's talk.