On Tuesday 18 Oct 2011 13:39:17 Vivek Khurana wrote: > 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...
Not at all. This is related to the cost of reproduction - marginal cost. > > >> 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... I stated earlier, I might be totally wrong in assuming that IIT is already profiting. I might also be wrong in presuming that NC is to allow them to profit in future. I must also add that inspite of my rants in this thread, I am more than happy to see the IIT's opening out and enabling everyone else to benefit from their expertise and appreciate all the effort. _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
