Revision as of 17:18, 23 February 2010

Notes

Dear Net: I'm going to can the original text for this page and maybe create a remix of some sort. In the meantime I'm speaking with the Etc. authors about licensing and compensation.

So on this page I think we'll print the full text of the Creative Commons Share Alike Attribution license.

We'll also have a brief Kopyleft statement

and then we'll list specific pieces which will be covered under a different license.

Taking a cue from LMNO's Intermittnes issue, I offered Cain 1c per word for his piece. He accepted, and noted that he'd like his profits to be donated to PD server costs. I will extend the same offer to the other authors we can contact. Many of them, however, posted anonymously or under a name we don't recognize. At this point it is problematic to track them down. I'll stick to querying authors I can find. :-)

Do you have an author list handy? Perhaps on a TOC?

Kopyleft Page

After you read this book, it will be in your head.

When you want to create something, you can use just about anything which is inside your head. Unfortunately, some people believe that ideas are like objects - they think you can own them, and through that ownership, control them.

In a legal sense, this is true. Mickey Mouse is featured prominently in my childhood memories, but I do not have the freedom to draw upon those personal experiences. I am not legally allowed to create a new story about Mickey. Part of my imagination belongs to Disney.

In contrast, we are not guarding the information in this book. Unlike Disney, we accept that we lose control of an idea as soon as it passes our lips. This book is yours. You may photocopy it to your heart's content. You may cut out the pages and rearrange them. You may write new stuff based on what you've read here. You can chuck it in a fire for all we care. We call it KopyLeft: All Rites Reversed.

Malaclypse the Younger and Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst made their own holy book, called the Principia Discordia. They filled it with words and images that resonated with them. Old ideas were juxtaposed in a way which created new meaning. They invited all of us to the party. This is the Strange Times and everybody gets to write their own Bible for a change. Even spags like you.

(k) 2008-2009 All Rites Reversed

Copyright Page

contains this info: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/

and a list of exceptions:

Other Licenses:

CAIN (Hearts and Minds) - Creative Commons licence, share with attribution, no remix

NIGEL (Parable of Steve) - Creative Commons licence, share with attribution, no remix

Old Page

IGNORE ALL THIS: From Synaptaclypse Generator, of POEE

KopyLeft

All Rights Reversed

"Those who want information to be free as a matter of principle should create some information and make it free." - Nicholas Petreley

All quotes and images from other sources are copyright their respective owners, but any content original to this document is open source, unless specifically stated otherwise. Do with it what you like, but please attribute properly, even if you do not agree with the KopyLeft principle.

KopyLeft ensures the widest dissemination of information. We disagree with the way that copyright and patent law in the United States and around the world is unceasingly modified and broadened due to lobbying by corporations such as Disney and organizations such as the MPAA. It is ludicrous and inexcusable to equate copyright infringement with terrorism, as MPAA president Jack Valenti did, and we want no part of that mindset.

Copyright laws were originally created to ensure that creators benefited from their works, but current laws favor publishers and corporations, not the individual artist.

Public domain allows works to become integral parts of other works – Alice in Wonderland is a good example. It has been borrowed from by thousands of artists for thousands of reasons, and because of this, the story has lived on and grown with us to the point of becoming archetypical. This is not possible with works that are still under copyright for obvious reasons.

In the information age, our cultural heritage has gone global. Scheherazade’s work is almost as much a part of our cultural heritage as Shakespeare and Carroll. Innovations and enhancements on all of their works enrich the scope and power of the original to inform our global culture and provide a familiar framework for the innovator to work within.

For Eris’ sake, even weather data is under strict copyright – the National Weather Service is limited on what weather data it is allowed to provide free on its website, since the private sector owns pieces of the information.

I find it especially disappointing that the company that has benefited most from information in the public domain is leading the fight to keep their versions of those public domain works under strict copyright. Creators should certainly profit from their works, but when the creator and their spouse are dead, what right does a corporation have to the intellectual property, especially for such an extended amount of time? Obviously, the answer to this is that they have the right of political influence and graft in the form of campaign contributions.

Since we can do nothing about these misguided souls, we have KopyLefted our material. It isn’t Shakespeare, but it’s the best we can do. What do you think of that, Petreley?

No License

Licensed under absolutely nothing. Have a field day. Abuse this for your own sick pleasures.

I am content releasing my work completely to the public without conservative, territorial, and possessive need to claim some sort of stake in it. I do not need thousands of cleverly written loophole - "some rights reserved" licenses, rather, I toss the entire equation out the window and render it effectively useless. I fully realize that a man in Fernando Poo could profit wildly from my efforts and gain the millions of dollars I never did. However, this does not offend me. I allow all to be shared, remixed, and redistributed. I take these risks fully knowing the potential repercussions, rather than let the menace that is copyright suffocate yet another creative trip.