Comments on: The Public Domain Trend http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/09/the-public-domain-trend/ Content Theft, Plagiarism, Copyright Infringement Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:15:56 +0000 hourly 1 By: Domain For Sale http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/09/the-public-domain-trend/comment-page-1/#comment-132547 Domain For Sale Sat, 25 Dec 2010 07:37:00 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/09/the-public-domain-trend/#comment-132547 Pretty Interesting post. Couldn't be written any better. Reading this post reminds me of my old room mate! He always kept talking about this. I will forward this post to him. Pretty sure he will have a good read. Thanks for sharing! Pretty Interesting post. Couldn't be written any better. Reading this post reminds me of my old room mate! He always kept talking about this. I will forward this post to him. Pretty sure he will have a good read. Thanks for sharing!

]]> By: Jonathan Bailey http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/09/the-public-domain-trend/comment-page-1/#comment-132501 Jonathan Bailey Tue, 07 Dec 2010 06:12:00 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/09/the-public-domain-trend/#comment-132501 I would recommend a CC0 dedication to cover the copyright side of that, i can't help much with the patent side though. <a href="http://creativecommons.org/choose/zero/" rel="nofollow">http://creativecommons.org/choose/zero/</a> I would recommend a CC0 dedication to cover the copyright side of that, i can't help much with the patent side though.
http://creativecommons.org/choose/zero/

]]> By: Oldrich Nos http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/09/the-public-domain-trend/comment-page-1/#comment-132498 Oldrich Nos Mon, 06 Dec 2010 21:52:00 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/09/the-public-domain-trend/#comment-132498 I have a backlog of IP not yet patented or published related to free non-poluting energy and want to give it to public domain. What is the best way, best place to do it, without any legal problems and costs? eron@oldrichnos.com I have a backlog of IP not yet patented or published related to free non-poluting energy and want to give it to public domain. What is the best way, best place to do it, without any legal problems and costs?

eron@oldrichnos.com

]]> By: Frank C. Tannehill http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/09/the-public-domain-trend/comment-page-1/#comment-129363 Frank C. Tannehill Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:31:24 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/09/the-public-domain-trend/#comment-129363 I don't understand why these sites would do such a thing. They had copyright for their content for so long and now they're giving it all away. What's the trick? Is it a method to make their <a rel="follow" href="http://www.123-reg.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">domain</a> more popular? I don't understand why these sites would do such a thing. They had copyright for their content for so long and now they're giving it all away. What's the trick? Is it a method to make their <a rel="follow" href="http://www.123-reg.co.uk/&quot; rel="nofollow">domain more popular?

]]> By: Creative Commons Releases CCo: The Zero Copyright Public Domain License http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/09/the-public-domain-trend/comment-page-1/#comment-125759 Creative Commons Releases CCo: The Zero Copyright Public Domain License Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:57:03 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/09/the-public-domain-trend/#comment-125759 [...] The problem is that there hasn’t exactly been a rush to use the public domain dedication system and it hasn’t been the legal issues that has kept others at bay. Those that have used CC licenses have favored other licenses overwhelmingly and those that have wished to license their work in the public domain have usually just done so without the aid of CC. [...] [...] The problem is that there hasn’t exactly been a rush to use the public domain dedication system and it hasn’t been the legal issues that has kept others at bay. Those that have used CC licenses have favored other licenses overwhelmingly and those that have wished to license their work in the public domain have usually just done so without the aid of CC. [...]

]]> By: CC0: Waiving Copyrights | PlagiarismToday http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/09/the-public-domain-trend/comment-page-1/#comment-124878 CC0: Waiving Copyrights | PlagiarismToday Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:37:11 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/09/the-public-domain-trend/#comment-124878 [...] The problem is that there hasn’t exactly been a rush to use the public domain dedication system and it hasn’t been the legal issues that has kept others at bay. Those that have used CC licenses have favored other licenses overwhelmingly and those that have wished to license their work in the public domain have usually just done so without the aid of CC. [...] [...] The problem is that there hasn’t exactly been a rush to use the public domain dedication system and it hasn’t been the legal issues that has kept others at bay. Those that have used CC licenses have favored other licenses overwhelmingly and those that have wished to license their work in the public domain have usually just done so without the aid of CC. [...]

]]> By: Jonathan Bailey http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/09/the-public-domain-trend/comment-page-1/#comment-84101 Jonathan Bailey Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:30:51 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/09/the-public-domain-trend/#comment-84101 Trent: I owe you a deep apology. Defensio ate your comment and I was in my spam folder today cleaning out some things when I saw it. This is my fault for not checking that folder regularly. I know I'm too late with this but I wanted to say that, while I understand the desire to help and remove as many restrictions as possible, I also do that here with PT, though not to the same degree, by allowing and even encouraging plagiarism, you open the door for scam artists to shams to build a false reputation on your work and use that reputation to defraud others. Your desire to help people might have put them in danger of being lied to and deceived. I don't see attribution as being that great of a requirement. There is no burden, that I see, when being asked to state where something is from. That knowledge enables readers to not only reward the original author, but research that person and perhaps discover even more works that can help them. Knowledge is power, I agree with that. But sometimes, to a reader, the knowledge of who wrote a work is as important as what is contained inside. That is just my experience, I still respect your decision and wish you the best of luck with it. Trent: I owe you a deep apology. Defensio ate your comment and I was in my spam folder today cleaning out some things when I saw it. This is my fault for not checking that folder regularly.

I know I'm too late with this but I wanted to say that, while I understand the desire to help and remove as many restrictions as possible, I also do that here with PT, though not to the same degree, by allowing and even encouraging plagiarism, you open the door for scam artists to shams to build a false reputation on your work and use that reputation to defraud others. Your desire to help people might have put them in danger of being lied to and deceived.

I don't see attribution as being that great of a requirement. There is no burden, that I see, when being asked to state where something is from. That knowledge enables readers to not only reward the original author, but research that person and perhaps discover even more works that can help them.

Knowledge is power, I agree with that. But sometimes, to a reader, the knowledge of who wrote a work is as important as what is contained inside.

That is just my experience, I still respect your decision and wish you the best of luck with it.

]]> By: Jonathan Bailey http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/09/the-public-domain-trend/comment-page-1/#comment-132985 Jonathan Bailey Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:30:51 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/09/the-public-domain-trend/#comment-132985 Trent: I owe you a deep apology. Defensio ate your comment and I was in my spam folder today cleaning out some things when I saw it. This is my fault for not checking that folder regularly.I know I'm too late with this but I wanted to say that, while I understand the desire to help and remove as many restrictions as possible, I also do that here with PT, though not to the same degree, by allowing and even encouraging plagiarism, you open the door for scam artists to shams to build a false reputation on your work and use that reputation to defraud others. Your desire to help people might have put them in danger of being lied to and deceived.I don't see attribution as being that great of a requirement. There is no burden, that I see, when being asked to state where something is from. That knowledge enables readers to not only reward the original author, but research that person and perhaps discover even more works that can help them.Knowledge is power, I agree with that. But sometimes, to a reader, the knowledge of who wrote a work is as important as what is contained inside. That is just my experience, I still respect your decision and wish you the best of luck with it. Trent: I owe you a deep apology. Defensio ate your comment and I was in my spam folder today cleaning out some things when I saw it. This is my fault for not checking that folder regularly.I know I'm too late with this but I wanted to say that, while I understand the desire to help and remove as many restrictions as possible, I also do that here with PT, though not to the same degree, by allowing and even encouraging plagiarism, you open the door for scam artists to shams to build a false reputation on your work and use that reputation to defraud others. Your desire to help people might have put them in danger of being lied to and deceived.I don't see attribution as being that great of a requirement. There is no burden, that I see, when being asked to state where something is from. That knowledge enables readers to not only reward the original author, but research that person and perhaps discover even more works that can help them.Knowledge is power, I agree with that. But sometimes, to a reader, the knowledge of who wrote a work is as important as what is contained inside. That is just my experience, I still respect your decision and wish you the best of luck with it.

]]> By: Jonathan Bailey http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/09/the-public-domain-trend/comment-page-1/#comment-120775 Jonathan Bailey Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:30:51 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/09/the-public-domain-trend/#comment-120775 Trent: I owe you a deep apology. Defensio ate your comment and I was in my spam folder today cleaning out some things when I saw it. This is my fault for not checking that folder regularly.I know I'm too late with this but I wanted to say that, while I understand the desire to help and remove as many restrictions as possible, I also do that here with PT, though not to the same degree, by allowing and even encouraging plagiarism, you open the door for scam artists to shams to build a false reputation on your work and use that reputation to defraud others. Your desire to help people might have put them in danger of being lied to and deceived.I don't see attribution as being that great of a requirement. There is no burden, that I see, when being asked to state where something is from. That knowledge enables readers to not only reward the original author, but research that person and perhaps discover even more works that can help them.Knowledge is power, I agree with that. But sometimes, to a reader, the knowledge of who wrote a work is as important as what is contained inside. That is just my experience, I still respect your decision and wish you the best of luck with it. Trent: I owe you a deep apology. Defensio ate your comment and I was in my spam folder today cleaning out some things when I saw it. This is my fault for not checking that folder regularly.I know I'm too late with this but I wanted to say that, while I understand the desire to help and remove as many restrictions as possible, I also do that here with PT, though not to the same degree, by allowing and even encouraging plagiarism, you open the door for scam artists to shams to build a false reputation on your work and use that reputation to defraud others. Your desire to help people might have put them in danger of being lied to and deceived.I don't see attribution as being that great of a requirement. There is no burden, that I see, when being asked to state where something is from. That knowledge enables readers to not only reward the original author, but research that person and perhaps discover even more works that can help them.Knowledge is power, I agree with that. But sometimes, to a reader, the knowledge of who wrote a work is as important as what is contained inside. That is just my experience, I still respect your decision and wish you the best of luck with it.

]]> By: Jonathan Bailey http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/09/the-public-domain-trend/comment-page-1/#comment-78936 Jonathan Bailey Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:05:20 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/09/the-public-domain-trend/#comment-78936 Jana: Though I have no doubt that there is room for improvement with Zen Habits, as with everything else in the world, in my experience it has been that people do as little as possible when using other people's work. Will some work to rewrite and improve the text? Probably as it is a novelty at the moment. However, most people who copy the work will have no interest in improving the work or doing any work of their own. I've allowed derivatives of PT articles for as long as I can remember right now but nearly all reused copies, legit or otherwise, are verbatim.Though there is a lot of talk about mashups and remixing, it seems few people are actually doing it, especially with text. Most copying is verbatim and much of it is plagiarized. Perhaps I don't share their faith in humanity, but I've seen too much evidence to the contrary.Thank you for the addition! I greatly appreciate the comment! Jana: Though I have no doubt that there is room for improvement with Zen Habits, as with everything else in the world, in my experience it has been that people do as little as possible when using other people's work. Will some work to rewrite and improve the text? Probably as it is a novelty at the moment. However, most people who copy the work will have no interest in improving the work or doing any work of their own. I've allowed derivatives of PT articles for as long as I can remember right now but nearly all reused copies, legit or otherwise, are verbatim.Though there is a lot of talk about mashups and remixing, it seems few people are actually doing it, especially with text. Most copying is verbatim and much of it is plagiarized. Perhaps I don't share their faith in humanity, but I've seen too much evidence to the contrary.Thank you for the addition! I greatly appreciate the comment!

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