Peter Yu wrote: >I thought some of you might be interested in the piece I recently wrote >about "Intellectual Property and the Information Ecosystem." The piece >originated from discussions I had with those involved in the first phase of >WSIS and has since benefited from feedback and criticisms from participants >of this listserv (thanks!). Hopefully, the "information ecosystem" will >provide a useful framework for those working to bridge the global digital >divide. The piece is not digitally locked-up; it is freely available at >http://ssrn.com/abstract=578575. As usual, feedback is greatly welcome. >Regards, Peter > > Thank you. This was a good read, though I don't have all the references to look at where I am (and for the forseeable future). I was looking at the whole concept from a separate perspective - Intellectual Usability - and have a paper on a hard drive in the Dominican Republic (the joys of moving around) that was accepted for FISL last year. Unfortunately, because of some issues related to getting to Brazil last year, I could not present it. However, I will be modifying it in the next year or so - I expect to be back in Dominican Republic sometime around October.
You can read a less academic start to it here: http://www.knowprose.com/node/108 And the very start of the concept was actually a trackback to a post to WorldChanging.com, where I ended up contributing for a while: http://www.knowprose.com/node/74 Instead of discussing the property angle - which lawyers are better able to discuss - I thought tackling how usable something is would be an interesting thing to consider. Since property has no value unless used, it's an interesting thing to consider. Then discussions on the Free Software Business list regarding patents, and this list and others regarding Open Content, have spawned a whole bunch of notes I have to integrate still. I'll probably end up referencing your paper as well. -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: Panama City, Panama [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.knowprose.com http://www.easylum.net http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/Taran "Criticize by creating." — Michelangelo _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
