There was an interesting story in the Wall St.Journal last week with the headline, ‘U.K’s Pearson Tests The Group Dynamic For a ‘Wiki’ Book’. I don’t know if they are given to hyperbole, but William M.Bulkeley, filing the report, thinks that this ‘could shake up the book industry’:
‘Publishing giant Pearson PLC is joining with two [...]
“I’m sure there will be others out there who will do it differently and perhaps better. For me that is the big benefits of openness; it allows many minds to address the same problem.”
I like the sound of these guys - Rufus Pollock and colleagues. They are trying to free up Shakespeare. It is not [...]
Caroline Michel wants more answers to the challenge of compensation for creativity in the sharing economy. Here is a new partnership in the exchange of open business models that might interest her:
http://www.openbusiness.cc/2006/11/03/digital-pioneers-and-openbusiness-partnership/
The Bookseller has a two-page feature devoted to creative commons licensing this week, entitled ‘Creative with copyright’.
In it, Unbounded Freedom, my guide to creative commons thinking for cultural organisations commissioned by the Counterpoint unit of the British Council, comes in for a certain amount of stick. Where my work is not the subject of discussion, [...]
Joi Ito(see below in Bulgaria) - has been interviewed by The Japan Times Online. He has lots of interesting things to say about democracy and the net - also this on what he can learn about leadership from the video game, World of Warcraft ( WoW):
‘Video games have always been kind of stigmatized, and they [...]
