Universities Learn The Power Of Collaboration
from the bigger-and-better dept
Slowly, but surely, it appears to be dawning on a number of people that building on the works of others often creates something much much better for everyone. Instead of locking stuff down under increasingly obsolete intellectual property laws, a few universities are encouraging people to share and reuse content to create newer and better results. They’re realizing that instead of focusing on locking each piece down – which slows the ability to innovate – opening up certain content lets creativity and innovation grow at a more reasonable pace. As people learn how to make productive use of such offerings, it’s going to be increasingly difficult to support the idea that our current intellectual property rules do much to help innovation.
