On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 1:44 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tuesday 18 Oct 2011 13:05:19 Vivek Khurana wrote: >> On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 1:03 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Some company say wants to use it for commercial purposes. They are >> > taxpayers and part of their money was used to create this content. How >> > are you allowed to use public resources and profit from it while >> > preventing others from doing so. >> >> Bah, you mean to say one should be allowed to make profits on the >> taxes paid ? > > If one is allowed then everyone else should be allowed too. It is govt institution who is creating content and distributing it. Show me the profit?
> >> Then why do you need taxes in the first place. There are >> many things in the system which are made with public money, but you >> have to pay to use them. Public transport, museums, hospitals etc. > > This is not digital content nor do they bear any resemblance to the service > under discussion. Stop confusing material goods and services with virtual > goods and services. The confusion is on your side... > >> Also, how come IIT's are making profit from the content made with >> public money? > > They licenced it to youtube (and others) as official distributors and I am > presuming that there is a commercial angle. I might be totally wrong here. Where? Youtube doesnt pay for the content uploaded on its network and it is not showing any overlay ads on NPTEL videos. As far as declared revenue source of youtube, banner ads, video overlays and sponsored videos are the only 3 declared means of revenue for youtube. I dont see any of the 3 on the NPTEL videos. So where is the commercial angle? Again, show me the profit... regards Vivek -- The hidden harmony is better than the obvious!! _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
