[Taxacom] what pop start can do... could taxonomists as well... Copyright

[Jim Croft]

yeah - I am really looking forward to all those crazy parties, free
booze,  groupies, flash cars and a phylogenetic tree on the cover of
Rolling Stone... :)

While it might be interesting to equate record companies and journal
publishers, the analogy probably can not be pushed too far. While both
creative acts, science/taxonomy is public good and infrastructure,
music is entertainment; one is generally supported by the taxpayer,
the other generally isn't.  In the music industry musicians are trying
to move the profit centre from the distributors to the artists, but
still restrict distribution.  In taxonomy we want to make sure the
information is available and attributed, without access restriction
for anyone who needs it.  We want is the the equivalent of the right
to sing 'Happy Birthday' without infringing copyright or paying Time
Warner $10k for permission to use what is right for the occasion.

jim

On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 4:58 AM, Donat Agosti <agosti at amnh.org> wrote:
> Pop music has not too much in common with taxonomy (other than listen to
> them), but both the artists and authors give away their copyrights for no
> obvious reason. The pop stars realize that they loose a lot of income and
> control, so do we loose control on the dissemination of our information. We
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