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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au
[mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Roland
Gesthuizen<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, 1 July 2010 8:44 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Year 12
IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Year 12 IT Apps]
Copyright and eBooks<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Here is an interesting reflection just shared to me via an OLPC
mailing list. It is from an Indian publisher (Pratham Books) related to
"Copyright, Dissemination and Independent Publishing" issues.
<BR><BR> <A
href="http://blog.prathambooks.org/2010/07/spreading-word-social-publishing.html"
target=_blank>http://blog.prathambooks.org/2010/07/spreading-word-social-publishing.html</A><BR><BR>This
publisher has made available his catalog to OLPC deployments in Nepal and
Rwanda. It is interesting to consider how they saw reading as a social activity
and that distributing the material, copyright free did not affect their bottom
line. Open licenses are a challenge for book publishers, especially for those
engaged with emerging eBook projects. <BR><BR>The following video that was
shared last month on the oz-teachers list. It suggests that the complete lack of
copyright protection stimulates innovation and enterprise with more industries
you can poke a stick at. Good discussion material.<BR><BR>Regards Roland<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On 27 May 2010 22:25, Chris Stevens <SPAN dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:cgstevens@netspace.net.au">cgstevens@netspace.net.au</A>></SPAN>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Just
to add to the copyright conversation.</DIV><A
href="http://www.wimp.com/freeculture/"
target=_blank>http://www.wimp.com/freeculture/</A>
<DIV>If you stay with it, some digital involvement towards the end.</DIV>
<DIV>Thought provoking</DIV>
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<DIV>Chris<BR></DIV></FONT></DIV>_______________________________________________<BR>oz-teachers
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target=_blank>http://lists.rite.ed.qut.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/oz-teachers</A><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR
clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary
College<BR><A
href="http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au">http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au</A><BR><BR>"Never
doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world;
indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead<BR></BODY></HTML>