On 27/03/07, Zoney zoney.ie@gmail.com wrote:
I have serious issues too with licencing your content free of charge, I do not think this will in the long run be good for anyone. I'm happier having a non-profit organisation pursue it, but it is worrying in that it means people are less careful about letting other organisations make profit from one's work (with one seeing any payback). Citizen journalism is an example; we will just end up without professionals, and the really proficient people won't be able to make money from their skills.
Other organisations would find a way to make profit from one's work whether one charges for it or not. Adding more layers of cost doesn't benefit the end-user and doesn't promote experimental and varied reuse (which, in turn, increases the usefulness of the content).