[P2P-F] Book: The Power of Open

Sun Jul 3 22:06:48 CEST 2011

Creative Commons is launching The Power of Open 
(http://thepowerofopen.org/), a book that highlights the role of 
copyright, content sharing and collaboration in driving innovation in 
the digital age. Copyright was created long before the emergence of the 
Internet, and can make it hard for Internet users to legally share 
content, and for content owners to protect their intellectual property 
on the Web.

Creative Commons is the non-profit organisation behind a copyright 
framework and global standard for licensing that meets the needs of 
individual creators, companies and Internet users. It makes creative, 
educational and scientific content more accessible and usable on the 
Internet, helping to unlock the creative power of today’s connected world.

The Power of Open is a study into how Creative Commons’ licensing and 
copyright tools contribute to collaboration and innovation. It includes 
case studies of leading scientists, educators, artists and 
entrepreneurs, who have benefited from Creative Commons' tools. They 
include Jonathan Worth, an internationally recognized photographer whose 
work is part of the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery.

You can download it from here: http://thepowerofopen.org/

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Franco Iacomella