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.
For PunkLogic this is of particular interest in context of our involvement with the Noosa Biosphere. We are working with the Noosa Biosphere Ltd. to achieve a good balance of openness and collaboration with the whole community and also good governance.
I’ve got ambiguous feelings watching these demonstrations: - I love the Interfaces. - I’ve got reservations about glossy magazines ‘on steroids’. – simply because I have reservations about glossy magazines. :)