"Copyright has become the single most serious impediment to access to knowledge."
"Today we recognize that knowledge is not only a public good but also a global or international public good.We have also come to recognize that knowledge is central to successful development. The international community, through institutions like the World Bank, has a collective responsibility for the creation and dissemination of one global public good—knowledge for development."
"What the academic publishing industry calls 'theft' the world calls 'research'."
It's far beyond time to recognise that 1) Copyright is not the solution, copyright is the problem, and 2) that creators of valuable creative works need to get paid, somehow.
The intersection of these two statements gives a corollary: Payment for access to knowledge is a net harm to society. Which means that we must find an alternative method of finance. Salon's misguided plea here is not that solution. A general tax, proportionate to wealth and/or income, strikes me as about right.
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"Copyright is brain damage."
"Copyright has become the single most serious impediment to access to knowledge."
"Today we recognize that knowledge is not only a public good but also a global or international public good.We have also come to recognize that knowledge is central to successful development. The international community, through institutions like the World Bank, has a collective responsibility for the creation and dissemination of one global public good—knowledge for development."
"What the academic publishing industry calls 'theft' the world calls 'research'."
It's far beyond time to recognise that 1) Copyright is not the solution, copyright is the problem, and 2) that creators of valuable creative works need to get paid, somehow.
The intersection of these two statements gives a corollary: Payment for access to knowledge is a net harm to society. Which means that we must find an alternative method of finance. Salon's misguided plea here is not that solution. A general tax, proportionate to wealth and/or income, strikes me as about right.
The quotes above, respectively, are from:
Nina Paley, artist and animator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO9FKQAxWZc
Pamela Samuelson, copyright legal scholar, UC Berkeley http://sfgate.com/opinion/article/Aaron-Swartz-Opening- access-to-knowledge-4224697.php,
Joseph Stigletz, Nobel laureate economist http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/0195130529.001...
Edward Morbius, Space Alien Cat https://www.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/4p2rwk/what_th...