Oct 27

Hilary Rosen Likes Creative Commons!

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What is happening to the world? Hilary Rosen, former chair and CEO of the RIAA, has written an article in Wired about the virues of Creative Commons!

Think about your kids. After they get bored downloading all the music they can find, they’re going to discover the power – practically bundled into the machine if it’s a Mac – to remix the culture they’ve collected. They could add a bass track to a violin concerto. They could make a home movie and sync Tom Petty to the images. They could splice together a politician’s speeches to prove she’s a waffler. These activities will become second nature to the iGeneration and could well represent the next great digital revolution – exploding demand for machines, bandwidth, and software.
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If John Coltrane didn’t need a lawyer to create his immortal version of The Sound of Music’s “My Favorite Things,” why should our kids?*

(via Slashdot)