Comments on: Formal Public Domain Dedication http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2007/12/06/formal-public-domain-dedication/ public domain playground. friendly entities welcome. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:04:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: How will you know its really me? - [tmbchr]â„¢ http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2007/12/06/formal-public-domain-dedication/comment-page-1/#comment-117312 How will you know its really me? - [tmbchr]â„¢ Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:34:37 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2007/12/06/formal-public-domain-dedication/#comment-117312 [...] It’s a similar tactic I took with licensing of my web content via the Timboucher.com domain, which I still retain active and exclusive authorship and admin control over. Last year around this time, I decided to formally donate the contents of this domain to the Public Domain. Part of it was altruistic: to give other people the ability to benefit (even financially) from the experiences and research I have compressed, digested and rebroadcast here for others. Part of it was pragmatic: the observable fact that content online simply cannot be 100% protected from copying, spamming, etc. My tactic there is, if there’s something so strong that it’s practically a force of nature (plagiarism on the internet), then there’s no point in trying to fight it or to swim upstream. Time to find a new method of approaching the situation. [...] [...] It’s a similar tactic I took with licensing of my web content via the Timboucher.com domain, which I still retain active and exclusive authorship and admin control over. Last year around this time, I decided to formally donate the contents of this domain to the Public Domain. Part of it was altruistic: to give other people the ability to benefit (even financially) from the experiences and research I have compressed, digested and rebroadcast here for others. Part of it was pragmatic: the observable fact that content online simply cannot be 100% protected from copying, spamming, etc. My tactic there is, if there’s something so strong that it’s practically a force of nature (plagiarism on the internet), then there’s no point in trying to fight it or to swim upstream. Time to find a new method of approaching the situation. [...]

]]> By: BIG ELK - “Growing Season” [Internet Package] - [tmbchr]â„¢ http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2007/12/06/formal-public-domain-dedication/comment-page-1/#comment-105021 BIG ELK - “Growing Season” [Internet Package] - [tmbchr]â„¢ Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:23:44 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2007/12/06/formal-public-domain-dedication/#comment-105021 [...] Staying true to the nature of the rest of my work online, I am releasing the whole thing for free into the wild as part of the Public Domain. You can download individual mp3 files of the tracks below, along with lyrics (and chords), and videos of me playing each song. [...] [...] Staying true to the nature of the rest of my work online, I am releasing the whole thing for free into the wild as part of the Public Domain. You can download individual mp3 files of the tracks below, along with lyrics (and chords), and videos of me playing each song. [...]

]]> By: Why I Gave My Work To The Public Domain - [tmbchr]â„¢ http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2007/12/06/formal-public-domain-dedication/comment-page-1/#comment-92350 Why I Gave My Work To The Public Domain - [tmbchr]â„¢ Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:34:09 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2007/12/06/formal-public-domain-dedication/#comment-92350 [...] At the end of last week, I dedicated five years of writing, art and music to the Public Domain. Why did I do this? [...] [...] At the end of last week, I dedicated five years of writing, art and music to the Public Domain. Why did I do this? [...]

]]> By: cadeveo http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2007/12/06/formal-public-domain-dedication/comment-page-1/#comment-90453 cadeveo Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:07:02 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2007/12/06/formal-public-domain-dedication/#comment-90453 Congratulations. I know you've given me so much already. Hail the community! Congratulations. I know you’ve given me so much already.

Hail the community!

]]> By: Svenson says http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2007/12/06/formal-public-domain-dedication/comment-page-1/#comment-90440 Svenson says Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:53:31 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2007/12/06/formal-public-domain-dedication/#comment-90440 Humanity is a little richer today. Thanks! Humanity is a little richer today. Thanks!

]]> By: Tim Boucher http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2007/12/06/formal-public-domain-dedication/comment-page-1/#comment-90439 Tim Boucher Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:05:38 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2007/12/06/formal-public-domain-dedication/#comment-90439 <strong>Oh, and Happy St. Nicholas Day!</strong> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=371 I look forward to talking through the implications of this creative move, but until then, hopefully these two posts will give you an idea of the inspiration which compelled me to finally go through with this plan: - <a href="http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2007/12/04/community-money-makes-us-all-wealthy/">Community Money Makes Us All Wealthy</a> - <a href="http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2007/12/05/carnival-culture-02-mc-folksinger/">MC Folksinger</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_spaces">Long live public spaces!</a> Oh, and Happy St. Nicholas Day!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=371

I look forward to talking through the implications of this creative move, but until then, hopefully these two posts will give you an idea of the inspiration which compelled me to finally go through with this plan:

- Community Money Makes Us All Wealthy
- MC Folksinger

Long live public spaces!

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