As part of an article about Noosa Biosphere we were invited by CLMC (the Noosa Biosphere communication agency) to contribute images. The ECOS team liked it so much, they asked for our Velella Velellas to be their July cover stars.
“ECOS is regarded as one of Australia’s most authoritative magazines on sustainability, published since 1974 by Australia’s national scientific research agency, CSIRO. Throughout that time, ECOS has stayed true to its original brief of tackling sustainability from a scientific perspective.” (from about ECOS) Continue Reading »
Creative copyright rules can be stifling and hinder creativity. Johanna Blakley argues they also hinder innovation and sales. Johanna makes a strong case FOR freedom to plagiarise on the example of the fashion industry. It’s quite brilliant! and I certainly have never looked at IP this way.
Being a creative professional, I do rather like the idea, that my work is acknowledged. This is why I love the Creative Commons project. Creative commons is a great adaptive way of dealing with copy right issues in a sustainable way, to respect and credit creative work by not limiting creativity by blanket IP legislation. It is a creative rights framework that encourages collaborations and sharing.