Johanna Blakely: Lessons from fashion's free culture:
I initially read the title as "lessons from fashion-free cultures" :-) Am I cross-reading or cross-eyed...
Loved her presentation even more when I realised it was about "free" vs "protected". You see, most of the protected business-relevant stuff is not owned by the creators, but by quite uncreative institutions. A media corporation is not creative, the artist is, but who owns the rights? The corporation which owns a patent is not creative. The inventor, engineer or researcher are. And who owns most patents? So whose interest is protected? Who is most benefiting from patents?
And most importantly, what are copyright and patents used for? Do they create more wealth for societies or do they prevent the usability for progress? If they exist to protect the holder, isn't that right far to passive and defensive? Isn't progress is about risk and going forward rather than building defenses and walls?
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