A SPEECH FOR THE PD JAM
- (a couple of paragraphs, nothing too big unless you want to)
- why you're donating the prize money
- your thoughts on public domain / creative commons, and the jam.
- It'd be a great little speech to have up on the page, and it'd give some pull quotes for the blogs to use.
A richer public domain means more creativity. If you're a glass-half-empty person, then you might point out the inverse is truer today. And you'd be right. Our shrinking public domain is limiting humanity's true potential.
Oh. You're a glass-half-empty person. Yes, our public domain is If you're a half-glass-empty kind of person, you see the flipside. In recent decades, the length of copyright has gone far beyond its original purpose. Copyright is now automatic, and by default lasts a baffling 70 years after the author is dead!
The public domain
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// Why: Renaissance 2.0 // How: Taking from & giving back to the public domain // What: The Public Domain Jam
That's why we've started The Public Domain Jam. We're running this to
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A Personal Statement from Nicky Case
"If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants"
That's a quote from Isaac Newton, an intellectual giant himself, and I'm currently borrowing his shoulders by quoting him to make a point -- We are a remix of others. We're all given the cold shoulder.
I want to support our public domain, and the artists who borrow and give back to it! That's why I'm hosting a $1000 grand prize for the best game (as voted by //////) to come of the Public Domain Jam.
Legally and culturally, there's a lot society must do before we get back the public domain we once had. This jam won't start The Renaissance 2.0. But it's a step forward, taking a stand, standing upon the shoulders of giants.
Let's make some games.
// Make it a NOT NEGATIVE aspect, like the Jam site itself. // and to an extent, Creative Commons