“Paywalls inhibit the consumers’ right to share and produce. This puts a barrier up between ‘site’ and ‘user’ and does not allow for any sort of collaboration or sharing. These media sites are therefore missing out of opportunities for users to be carriers of the content and to share with their wider networks.”–Clay Shirky via Edelman Digital’s Blog
Even more fantastic than the creator of a resource is the millions of potential re-creators of it.
from Seth Godin: I’ve just published a 30,000 word manifesto, totally free to read, share, translate, print and, most of all, use to start an essential conversation. It took a lot to get it to you, and I’m encouraging you to take a few minutes to check it out. After you read it, perhaps you’ll write one of your own.