This is why I'm vehemently against further increasing copyright law, software patents, and treating Imaginary Property as something that can be owned.
We finally build the tools to allow the free sharing of information and almost immediately a bunch of rent seeking lawyers lobby congress to make doing that illegal.
I've always lived by the rule of "If you put it on the Internet, it's not yours anymore." Because that's de facto the truth. Only if you employ lawyers do you have even the slightest real power over something online, even if you're the original source. This isn't something 95% people can afford. Turning the Internet into just another place where the rich get preferential treatment is a terrible thing.
can we just offer free text book for everyone? maybe also some online lecture. everything is there, I trust will need incorporate it into school, library and local community.
We finally build the tools to allow the free sharing of information and almost immediately a bunch of rent seeking lawyers lobby congress to make doing that illegal.
I've always lived by the rule of "If you put it on the Internet, it's not yours anymore." Because that's de facto the truth. Only if you employ lawyers do you have even the slightest real power over something online, even if you're the original source. This isn't something 95% people can afford. Turning the Internet into just another place where the rich get preferential treatment is a terrible thing.