That TED talk is freaking awesome. Thank you Tara. /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Tara Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry...but this is ridiculous. > > There are billions of domains owned by people who aren't sued. I own 50 > with 5 of those with content on them. Barcamp.org has been in existence > under one person in trust of others for 5 years and has WAY more liability > potential (live events all over the world that are uninsured?). > > Can we ban the 'what if' litigious paranoia from this discussion? Is there > some sort of Godwin's law <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law> for > this? Oh...and I'm reading 'Life Without > Lawyers<http://www.amazon.com/Life-Without-Lawyers-Liberating-Americans/dp/0393065669>' > right now by Philip Howard. Highly recommended. You can also get the cliff > notes on his TED Talk <http://www.ted.com/talks/philip_howard.html>. > Basically talking about liberating Americans from going overboard with this > sort of legal what if. > > Let's have constructive discussions here. > > Tara > > > On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 8:19 AM, Laban Johnson <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> This an opportunity for the coworking community to demonstrate the >> effectiveness and awesomeness of its core values, such as collaboration and >> openness. >> >> I own a domain which is valued at $900,000. That's really nothing - the >> estimated value of http://www.twitter.com is: *$855,408,000, *and the >> estimated value of http://www.facebook.com is: *$1,848,000,000* >> >> Coworking.com is already a Page Rank 5, and its value will be what YOU >> make of it. Doesn't each and every co-worker have some interest in whatever >> becomes of coworking.com? >> >> A domain name is an asset and all assets have liabilities. Imaginable or >> not, people take pot shots at anything worth something, including web sites. >> Web sites are sued all the time just for existing - ask @ev. >> >> A domain name must be owned by someone or some*thing*, and while it can >> be held by one person in trust for a group, won't you want to protect that >> person and the group from potential liability and losses by establishing >> some sort of structure legal structure which allow for such openness and >> collaboration without having to "go all corporate", such as a cooperative? >> Isn't it worth doing something if it can be both an asset and a protection? >> >> ;) >> >> Laban >> >> >> >> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Tara Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Exactly why do people want to set up a charitable organization? What >>> would it get us? >>> >>> The buying of the domain was the first time that money has come into the >>> equation and that was an anomaly IMO. Alex offered clear advantages and a >>> choice for those who wanted to be part of it (nobody was forced to >>> contribute and they knew exactly what they would get out of it). >>> >>> T >>> >>> -- >>> tara 'missrogue' hunt >>> >>> Book: The Whuffie Factor (http://www.thewhuffiefactor.com) >>> Blog: HorsePigCow: Marketing Uncommon (http://horsepigcow.com) >>> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/missrogue >>> phone: 514-679-2951 >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Coworking" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]<coworking%[email protected]> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<coworking%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > tara 'missrogue' hunt > > Book: The Whuffie Factor (http://www.thewhuffiefactor.com) > Blog: HorsePigCow: Marketing Uncommon (http://horsepigcow.com) > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/missrogue > phone: 514-679-2951 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<coworking%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
