Here is an interesting reflection just
shared to me via an OLPC mailing list. It is from an Indian publisher
(Pratham Books) related to "Copyright, Dissemination and Independent
Publishing" issues. <br>
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<a href="http://blog.prathambooks.org/2010/07/spreading-word-social-publishing.html" target="_blank">http://blog.prathambooks.org/2010/07/spreading-word-social-publishing.html</a><br>
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This publisher has made available his catalog to OLPC deployments in
Nepal and Rwanda. It is interesting to consider how they saw reading as a social activity and that distributing the material, copyright free did not affect their bottom line. Open licenses are a challenge for book publishers,
especially for those
engaged with emerging eBook projects. <br><br>The following video that was shared last month on the oz-teachers list. It suggests that the complete lack of copyright protection stimulates innovation and enterprise with more industries you can poke a stick at. Good discussion material.<br>
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Regards Roland<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 27 May 2010 22:25,
Chris Stevens <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cgstevens@netspace.net.au">cgstevens@netspace.net.au</a>></span>
wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; color: black; text-align: left;">
Just to add to the
copyright conversation.</div><a href="http://www.wimp.com/freeculture/" target="_blank">http://www.wimp.com/freeculture/</a><div>If you stay
with it, some digital involvement towards the end.</div><div>Thought
provoking</div><div><br></div><font color="#888888"><div>Chris<br></div></font></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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