Just a quick post to inform all the readers of Freestyle Mind that this blog is now uncopyrighted, that is, its content is now available in the public domain.
You are now free to publish the content of this website wherever you want, with or without citing the source. This is a big step forward I’m taking with the intention of providing even more value to the world. I don’t care getting fame as long as the value is delivered.
I’m not the first one doing this, zen habits has already done it before, and this is something that makes sense for me to do as well.
Quality of blogging
Now that the content has been uncopyrighted, I’ll be even more motivated to produce high quality content, because I’ll know the content has the potential to be republished elsewhere.
Of course I’d appreciate a link back to the original article, but it’ll not be required.
Posted on October 27 2009
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Can we call you Leo Jr? :)
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:D I think we are part of an even bigger movement., although he may be first who got the idea for blogging.
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Hey O!
Congrats on taking the step!
Keep it up and I hope many people will spread the word and your valuable content! :)
Cheers!
D
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Hey Diggy! Thanks for your encouragement ;)
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Big step Oscar! Congratulations on the decision. Keep on breaking ground and climbing mountains my friend!
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Thanks Ralph ;)
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Hey Oscar, that is very cool. You talked about adding value and you are definitely doing that! Whether you want it or not, you definitely deserve acknowledgment for your content here. Good stuff man!
~Ross
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Thanks Ross, I really appreciate your feedback!
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Hey Oscar,
Congrats on your new step forward! I believe it is going to help you to spread your ideas to more people.
Cheers,
Vincent
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Thanks Vincent, that’s my intention with this move.
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Impressive move…. keep it up!
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Thanks Frugal expat ;)
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High fives for the move. :)
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Thanks Daniel :)
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I’ve done something similar (Creative Commons, I do require a link back though); it’s a little leap of faith and a challenge in letting go of control, but I think it’s totally worth it! I think copyright law is just unworkable.
For music it’s even more absurd. Musicians should start doing like bloggers do, putting the music free on their site and leveraging the traffic to earn by other means, or through donations. I am thinking of building some sort of system to help free music sharing become profitable for musicians, though I think it’ll be a few years before I think seriously about making it real.
Andrew
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It sounds like a good idea. I don’t believe in copyright either. I thought about CC but I’m sure many of those who will reutilize this content will put a link back.
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