[Upd-discuss] On the 'Creative Commons': A Critique of the Commons without Commonalty

[Jean-Baptiste Soufron]

 =46rom what I can see, the CC should be meant to disappear as such =20
because users and authors wants more precise and more numerous =20
licenses rather than a set of too simple licenses.

Le 11 juil. 05 =E0 04:58, sandor a =E9crit :

> Hmm,
>
>    Not long ago the CC was itself an ideological dreamwork. Any =20
> separation of states is imposed by the viewer.. My own post noted =20
> the need for functional constructs within contemporary society - =20
> and nowhere did I find the author's view contrary. If you find the =20
> CC to have realworld effect then I believe it civically wonderful =20
> to seek to improve it as best you see fit.. Change is unavoidable, =20
> the direction of change can be illuminated or accidental.. No one =20
> should be derided for seeking to improve the world around them.
>
> Cheers,
> -s=E1ndor
>
> Rob Myers wrote:
>
>
>> On 10 Jul 2005, at 06:42, sandor wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Another summary, actually - an excerpt.
>>>
>>> "We argue that the Creative Commons project on the whole fails to
>>> confront and look beyond the logic and power asymmetries of the
>>> present. It tends to conflate how the world is with what it =20
>>> could  be, with
>>> that we might want to be."
>>>
>>
>>
>> In other words CC are taking practical action with a realworld =20
>> effect  rather than flouncing about doing ideological dreamwork to =20=

>> impress  both their readers.
>>
>> I'm sure dreamwork is more fun, but this isn't another area where =20
>> we  need theory to eclipse engagement. "Not academic enough" isn't =20=

>> a  criticism I've heard of CC before.
>>
>> "It's happening, Reg! Something's actually happening, Reg! Can't =20
>> you  understand?! Ohhh!"
>>
>> - Rob.
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