It should be clear to anyone who looks at the issue closely that copyright as it has developed over the past hundred years is not fit for use in the digital age, based as it is upon control of use. It is frankly ridiculous to think that people who have paid money to buy a [...]
a2f2a, the net’s first artist-to-fan-to-artist site, went online yesterday. Its first post, Bringing artsts and fans together, has so generated 23 comments, most of them on target (and none of them vitriolic ).
Today, the big news is: members of the Featured Artists Coalition are to be officially invited to join a2f2a discussions.
Glyn Moody is a well-known technology writer and the author of Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution. It describes the evolution and significance of the free software and open source movements, including interviews with notable hackers.
Here’s what Glyn had to say about a2f2a on his blog, Open:
One of the sad things about the [...]