Content Wants to be Un-Free
Posted: July 06, 2009
By: contentinople.com
Following up on the thought about information wanting to be un-free, let’s address the issue of whether more content should be free — or un-free? The free-vs-not-so-free debate appears to be endemic in the content business. I believe there are a lot of misconceptions about this, and that the “Free Internet” soldiers are actually missing the story.
The free debate seems to be getting fired up, one of the catalysts being the release of the book, Free by Wired editor Chris Anderson — who has been quite free with his use of Wikipedia material. (By the way, if he likes free so much, why is he charging for his book?) For those of you who don’t know Anderson, he is a great purveyor of hype and myth, having been the author of one of the Internet’s most dangerous myth-generating memes, the “Long Tail.” His Internet firefight with author Macolm Gladwell can be found on the NY Magazine Website, entertainingly titled “‘Dickweeds,’ ‘Vampire Squid,’ and ‘Morons’.” Fun stuff!……..[read entire story]
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