[InetBib] British Council publishes new book

[delin@xxxxxx (Delin, Peter)]

Vielleicht von allgemeinem Interesse:
Neu zur London Book Fair, die morgen beginnt
http://www.counterpoint-online.org/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=618

(aus AMIA-L):
"... , allow me to recommend this free download, which is an excellent read:

Unbounded Freedom

A guide to Creative Commons thinking for cultural organisations

Unbounded Freedom by Rosemary Bechler is a new publication from 
Counterpoint to be launched in partnership with the London Book Fair on 
29 September 2006.

The growing popularity of cultural commons thinking sets new and 
provocative challenges for traditional copyright law. Changes are 
occurring in politics, the economy and law, but first and foremost in 
the domain of culture.

One third of all internet users have now downloaded music, videos and 
information using P2P file sharing software. New attitudes to the 
accessibility and ownership of intellectual property have become a force 
for change that will transform communication in the information age. 
User-led innovation is reshaping cultural production so that it is 
trans-national, more egalitarian, less deferential, much more diverse 
and above all, self-authored.

Creative industries face the challenge of keeping pace with this sharing 
economy, and any organisation wishing to work with them will need to 
understand the thinking, ethics and communicative conventions of rising 
generations.

Written by Rosemary Bechler, this short book argues that we must look at 
the history of traditional copyright law in order to understand the 
current debates about ownership and availability. In doing so, it not 
only elucidates the development of intellectual property law, but also 
reveals a unique glimpse of existing principles and developing trends. 
Bechler argues that Creative Commons thinking enables cultural 
organisations to embark on mutual relationships of trust with huge new 
publics. Describing the transformative potential of new attitudes, she 
offers us a vision of the future in which 'unbounded freedom' is not 
simply a romantic notion.

http://www.counterpoint-online.org/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=618
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