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Lana fargis's Blog Posts Tagged 'arts' (1)

Creative Commons and Open Source Are Important For Unions

Recent announcement by the CBC took me by surprise: the CBC, our national broadcaster who works on taxpayer budget, has declared that due to "pressure from union" it will no longer utilize any open source or Creative Commons licensed material.



But while I wholeheartedly support the intent of the workers, in this case, I find the decision by the CBC to be appalling. For one, the CBC is meant to provide forum for new art forms, serve as an experimental playground for developments in…

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Added by lana fargis on October 29, 2010 at 9:30 — 1 Comment

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