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Free Culture vs. Proprietary Culture on Intellectual Property Rights

July 3rd, 2010

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The New World of Creative Commons Licensing…

I didn’t realize the ramifications of this new territory that is overtaking the technology landscape around the world. Licensing is all about protecting the rights of those who create value that benefits others. Licensing came about principally through the proprietary culture which seeks protection for the sake of money. Now comes along a free culture seeking the same protections for its creations that are distributed for free to ensure that no one else can take those creations and ‘sell’ them to others in one form or another, for personal gain.

With the advent of mashup APIs, this can get complicated because » More: Free Culture vs. Proprietary Culture on Intellectual Property Rights

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Tags: Anna Karenina Application programming interface copyleft copyrights Creative Commons IBM intellectual property Microsoft Open source OpenOffice.org Publishing

Behind Every Trend is a Driving Force. Here are 10…

July 3rd, 2010

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One challenge we face in determining new government and economic models, is broadening our sights in order to adopt a globally integrated view. As depicted on the concept map linked below, the driving forces affecting major trends are many.

http://uniques.com/images/trendconceptmap.jpg

The IMF has divided the world into 9 economic regions. Each region is trying to control for driving forces that keep them in harmonious tune with global trends. How to prepare for wildcard disasters affecting potable water supply and arable land, is a big challenge in each region but to varying degrees.

An earthquake in Haiti and Chile, a Volcano in Iceland, an Oil Spill in the Gulf, ALL have ripple effects that can produce tipping points beyond a region’s ability to return to stability.

There are some bright prospects on the horizon (assuming that’s not a Tsunami just ahead).