tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083542944667488679.post7832234247743423826..comments2011-02-17T23:40:01.213-05:00Comments on Boston to Austin: An Adventure in Education, Technology, and the Arts Pt 2: Information. Access. Research.Nataliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17810782634389478426noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083542944667488679.post-16578338727713794602011-02-17T23:40:01.213-05:002011-02-17T23:40:01.213-05:00I think it will be interesting to see what results...I think it will be interesting to see what results come from the copyright debate in the coming years as copyright has not evolved with our technology. With technology comes an emergence of hackers. In many cases almost any software that you can buy in a store can be found on the Internet as an open source program (One example, Microsoft Office's copycat free source version is Open Office). The same goes for research. If someone really needs to read your research they can probably register onto an open source research database and find it. In addition to this, Creative Commons (a 501 (c) 3) provides licensing that allows people to use and build on other people's work under certain guidelines.<br /><br />Obviously all of this has pros and cons. Free accessibility to research can also compromise the integrity of the research simply due to an overabundance of mediocre research. What I do know is that people are already moving toward some type of change in the way that information and research is disseminated as the has changed everything.<br /><br />I now realize that my quote should read, "If research was freely accessible (spelled correctly) it would create a more egalitarian society and more egalitarian art." <br /><br />Thanks for your comment!Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17810782634389478426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083542944667488679.post-63387331096335396682011-02-17T18:54:12.080-05:002011-02-17T18:54:12.080-05:00You write "If scholarly research was freely a...You write "If scholarly research was freely accessibly it would create a more egalitarian society and more egalitarian art." Yes, but....<br />I'm 100% supportive of a more egalitarian society, but when you take something out of a market model, be it scholarship or art, some institution needs to step in to compensate for the market failure via subsidy -- usually the government, and you know what's happening there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com