Recovered from the Wayback Machine.
According to Dan Gillmor, the concepts and technology behind Napster are continuing despite the recent resignations and layoffs at the company.
In particular, Gillmor references new organizations and technologies being introduced at the O’Reilly Emerging Technologies Conference this week, including Creative Commons — a non-profit organization dedicated to “…the notion that some people would prefer to share their creative works…”.
Lawrence Lessig is Chair on the Board of Directorys, and technology team members include Lisa Rein and Aaron Swartz, both of whom I have worked with in past and current writing efforts.
What do you think? Would you dedicate your creative effort to the public domain in the interest of sharing? Technologists have been doing this for years with software; now the door opens for creative talents in other fields to share their work.
Will photographers, writers, musicians, and artists in other media buy into this concept?
Creative Commons: A bold new venture.
