On Wednesday, September 25, 2002, at 01:58 PM, Gordon Apple wrote:
It's also very old news -- about two years. It means nothing,
except
that MIT is encouraging their profs to put their materials on the web.
As
the Brits might say, "not bloody likely". Although universities own
the
courses, convention in the US is that profs own their own materials.
This is exactly the issue. Major universities in the US, particularly
one very close to MIT, are having difficulties even deploying content
on their local networks due to these rights issues. It never was a
University issue it is a Prof issue, and I am sure there are some Profs
who may be loath to give their materials away for free.
However, some of the country's top Management Consulting firms have
always given away (or published) their IP almost as soon as they
acquire it. They believe it does two things:
1) keeps them on their toes to keep learning and improving
2) it positions themselves as leaders in their field
Both of which lead to more business.
Interesting times.
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