Comments on: Announcing the Open Content Alliance

By: ocnsss

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By: Maria Roger

Maria Roger — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:51:56 +0000

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By: John Mathew

John Mathew — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:45:05 +0000

I think it’s good idea

By: Mr. Jones

Mr. Jones — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:13:11 +0000

Open Source, Open content…
I don’t understand the buisness model?
Is advertising so cool thing to get so much money from it to feed open source and open content makers?

from:
http://nero.datadiri.com/

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 05:39:21 +0000

I have tried to look up a couple of books that should be copyright free but I found that each had comments by reserchers or commentators which made them copyright material. I speak of “Morte de Arthur” and “The Tempest”. Couldn’t a non-copyright copy be found?
Bob

By: azriel

azriel — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 10:46:49 +0000

A good idea all out of copyright material should be essentially free.
Paper books are overpriced bulky and frankly belong in the dustbin of history.
I don’t want a physical copy of a book any more than I want a handwritten manuscript on parchment.
Tough luck to those publishers who want to charge exorbitant fees for copying an out of copyright book.
Copyright is to reward originality and nothing more.

By: Chris Eveleigh

Chris Eveleigh — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 14:41:17 +0000

The phrase “Universal access” gets me thinking about the 6 out of 7 people in the world who don’t have access to the Internet, or whose Internet connection is intermittent, slow, and expensive. Perhaps this collection could be mirrored internationally on the LAN’s of institutions in developing countries, with updates delivered periodically via DVD-ROM, or satellite radio… “Universal access to all knowledge” is an admirable goal, but I think we need to keep in mind that our definition of “Universal” must include those without the technological infrastructure that so many of us (in the 1 in 7) take for granted in our daily lives. (And, yes, I have an agenda–see: http://www.egranary.org for more.)

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 21:26:07 +0000

Copyright Clearance Center, a not for profit organization, has web based solutions that allow permission and licensing at the point of content.
This allows honest people an easy avenue for content licensing and re-use.
The solution is called Rightslink.

By: Surendra raju

Surendra raju — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 03:47:33 +0000

Really, we were waiting for such contents free on WEB. Sincere thanks to to you all and all those PUBLISHERS, LIBRARIES who are providing their books to you.
wish all ther success and fame.

By: dave gottschalk

dave gottschalk — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 03:37:20 +0000

Can you tell me any more information on the hardware and software that you will use to scan in these thousands of books? Will you harm the books by opening them wide open and laying them on a scanner? How fast can you scan a 100 page book? 400 pages? How large will the files be that hold a 100 page book? Does your scanner have a automatic feeder for the book, or does it have to be manually held and each page turned by hand?

Thanks for your response.

Dave Gottschalk
currently in Nagoya, Japan