Friday, May 18, 2012

[rhkyglyc] Like, remix, improve

The "like" button is merely a tiny first step.  To really measure how much someone likes something, you must look at what they do with it: do they remix it, improve it, create a derivative work?  How much effort do they put into their derivative work?  Much more than the 0.5 seconds of clicking a "like" button (which itself is a very minor derivative work, much like republishing a book with a blurb of praise on the jacket.)

However, to accomplish this, we need weaker copyright, especially for derivative works.

The amount of derivative works could be connected to author compensation.

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