http://www.ted.com Rice University professor Richard Baraniuk explains the vision behind Connexions, his open-source, online education system. It cuts out the textbook, allowing teachers to share and modify course materials freely, anywhere in the world.
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June 14th, 2009 at 12:26 am
Jamendo artists …
Jamendo artists sound professional and creative to me… some times even more than commercial artists.
June 14th, 2009 at 12:26 am
I don’t understand …
I don’t understand your argument about the ‘less costs and so more income’.
The fact that publishers and such take a large cut from the revenue (after all they do provide a service) does that mean the composer, or musician should therefore better not get anything at all?
June 14th, 2009 at 12:26 am
I am certainly not …
I am certainly not saying that nobody would produce anything anymore. But nobody would be doing it professionally! That will be a loss to the world. Everybody understands the difference between the work of an amature and a professional, right? Everybody seems to think all professional musicians are cashing in, I have no idea where you get that idea from.
June 14th, 2009 at 12:26 am
“One sits on his …
“One sits on his bottom to make a music all day and some other works …”. The enormous amount of time, effort, money, dedication and energy that it requires to acquire the professional skills necessary to be able to write music for an orchestra is staggering! The amount of knowledge and craftsmanship are misunderstood by you! A PhD in music at least equals the same qualification in medicine. Music may, or may not be essential for life, neither is your TV, it has never the less tremendous value!
June 14th, 2009 at 12:26 am
you have no idea …
you have no idea how much is going in hospitals. Remeber one thing Todays doctors and dentist are no better than car sellsmen (there are exceptions but!) Health care is a product for sell in this country whether you like it or not. So is the big pharma. They don’t produce to cure. They produce to keep people sick and needing. That s how they make their big bucks. Wake up!
June 14th, 2009 at 12:26 am
guyincognito84 …
guyincognito84 perhaps you right, but don’t you think that there is something terribly wrong with the education system in this country? The secret thruth is that they want to make the bottom line. Sure they are intrsted in science and progress but they are not really intrested in educating.
June 14th, 2009 at 12:26 am
boomtao- music is …
boomtao- music is not a necessity. I think the author should usually feel pretty humbled and greatful that people are willing to listen or watch his ‘creativite’ things. I think loyalties should be valuntariy if anything. One sits on his bottom to make a music all day and some other works in a lab to come up with a new cure. Why should a musician be paid more? or a foodball player? This is totally messed up if you ask me.
June 14th, 2009 at 12:26 am
boomtao are you …
boomtao are you saying that if it wasn’t for the money nobody would produce anything? Why making a movie or a song should bring someone millions in revenew,but the hard non intelectual work of the most should only pay the minimum wage? It’s pretty rediculus if you ask me
June 14th, 2009 at 12:26 am
Musicians can earn …
Musicians can earn a living playing live music / making concerts etc. Also their music can be free for non-commercial use and payed for any other type of use…
Musicians also MUST promote/give away/sell their music through internet. Because they have less costs and so more income. I know when i buy an album for 18-20 Euro that only 3-5 goes to the artist himself. The rest are for publishers, cover artists, distribution costs etc.
Give music to the masses…
June 14th, 2009 at 12:26 am
How are musicians …
How are musicians meant to earn a living? Are they to be paid for by the state then? Most mathematicians sell there theories in text books and get given grants by the goverment. Until musicians and other creative types are financed by the state then they HAVE to sell their art.
June 14th, 2009 at 12:26 am
Commercialization …
Commercialization made music a product. Music is someone’s expressions using sounds. This expressions does not describe one persone, therefore they cannot defined as protected or personal. Today there is music with art ethics and without… the one without ethics is the commercialized one.
If someone wants to consider himself a true artist then he must not sell his art.
Thats capitalism’s fault. Everything can be bought and selled…
June 14th, 2009 at 12:26 am
There is a …
There is a fundamental difference between idea’s, knowledge and someone’s product. Excactly because of the fact that music affects peoples lives it must be protected!
June 14th, 2009 at 12:26 am
Then, imagine a …
Then, imagine a great, talented mathematician of the past could copyrighting his ideas. Imagine Pythagoras doing this, or Euler. How many aspects of our life wouldnt even exist now? Almost everything…
Knowledge and ideas MUST be open. They are not meant to be selled, they are MADE to be shared, and improved and to be shared again…
…the same goes for music. Music affects people so its natural for people to produce feedback.
June 14th, 2009 at 12:26 am
Copyrights and …
Copyrights and royalties are extremely important but are rapitly vanishing! It will be a great loss to menkind. Think of a great composer, or writer who dedicated his life, intellectual powers and talents to deepen and cultivate his abilities and in doing so enriching the world - without royalties and copyrights this will end!!! Music, like the music you enjoy so much (and download for free!) will no longer be produced. It will stop and the world will have to do with the work of amatures!
June 14th, 2009 at 12:26 am
Mkay?
Mkay?
June 14th, 2009 at 12:26 am
i didn’t say …
i didn’t say medical advice, but ‘health’. nor did i imply my personal expertise in any way, but besides the point.
June 14th, 2009 at 12:26 am
…no …
…no self-respecting university will ever accept wikipedia as a source….they won’t even accept web MD and that’s monitored….if you’re going to source something it better be from someone who knows what they’re talking about and isn’t hiding behind a computer screen…this idea will never take off…..at least not at the academic level.
June 14th, 2009 at 12:26 am
…i rather take …
…i rather take medical advice from a mediocre doctor (M.D) than from someone like you whom i’m assuming is not a physician….no need to take offense to that, i’m sure you’re more knowledgeable in other areas than a physician and that’s precisely the point….everyone should stick to what they know…..this idea is like wikipedia….
June 14th, 2009 at 12:26 am
My claim that there …
My claim that there needs to be credentials doesn’t imply that everyone with that credential is going to be the best in their field….however, there is a reason why people go to school and spend years on learning a subject. If you are going to talk about specialized fields you need to have sufficient knowledge that only years of education and training can provide….
June 14th, 2009 at 12:26 am
The first sentence …
The first sentence in your post doesn’t make any sense. Having a certain credential, such as MD, is obviously great for marketing purposes, but in the end, it’s the stuff that counts, not the title the author/knowledge-deliverer holds. There is a vast ocean out there, of physicians who know very little about health.
Pipe dream? I would say it’s just a different way of looking at knowledge and the ways it can spread. Knowledge being much more than the accumulation of facts.
June 14th, 2009 at 12:26 am
Cannot accept …
Cannot accept anything contrary to their pipe dream
June 14th, 2009 at 12:26 am
Beg to disagree, …
Beg to disagree, some people cannot take truth……
June 14th, 2009 at 12:26 am
The nice pipe dream …
The nice pipe dream has quality controls
June 14th, 2009 at 12:26 am
You’ve got …
You’ve got negatives because you were speaking big none sense not little truth.
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