On Sat, 27 Oct 2007, Crosbie Fitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> From: Denver Gingerich < ... /> >> On the same note, it would be good to see some successful business >> models built around pro-sharing licenses. The donation model is one, >> but others, like the Street Performer Protocol >> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Performer_Protocol), also exist. >> There are also some of the more well-known methods such as performing >> concerts or hosting art galleries that people pay for. Adapting those >> to free content would be very useful. I think finding one of these >> models that works is key to promoting free culture. > > I agree wholeheartedly. > > Artists produce a valuable product valued by their audience. There is > clearly an opportunity for artist and audience to exchange art for money, > money for art. That is business, not charity. Yes. The Street Performer's Protocol is a merchant bank service/protocol. It is similar to the performance bond, which instrument is used in the making of just about every big movie and just about every medium scale work of civil engineering. I think the protocol has not been much discussed mainly because of its name, which suggests something different from what it actually is. oo--JS. > > I'm currently working on a generic mechanism (www.contingencymarket.com) > that should enable any number of people to explore 'these models' - until > eventually we discover one or more 'that works'. > >> I have pretty much ignored fixing copyright laws as a way of promoting >> free culture in this message. I think it's useful to do, but I'm >> worried that it might have negative side-effects. For example, people >> may become upset if you reduce the length of copyright protection from >> 95 years to 5 years because they feel that you're not protecting >> property rights, which a lot of people believe are fundamental to a >> properly-functioning economy. > > I also believe strong protection of intellectual property is fundamental to > a > properly-functioning economy - along with all the related IP rights. > > Free culture simply requires the restoration of those rights suspended a few > centuries ago in order to create the privileges of copyright and patent. > Once those rights are restored, when you buy IP it's entirely yours. No-one > else can control what you do with your own property, whether sharing it, > building upon it, or selling it. > > However, as you may concur, until free culture becomes clearly economically > superior, the traditional publishers will cling on to their anachronistic > monopolies (despite their ineffectiveness in the digital domain). > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
