I meant this only as an example of a website which provides and creates rich information without participating in the commercial ad-funded system. Some funds do come from the dutch government but the content is provided by volunteers.
If I had a solution to generalize this I would be busy implementing it.
Aargh, CC license but its the attribution non-commercial version, which makes the entire thing useless, as "non commercial" is completely ill-defined. So for example, it is unusable by Wikipedia.
Aren't you stretching things a bit by stating that "the entire thing useless" just because of its license?
I live in a rural area with an incredibly wide spectrum of birdsong throughout the seasons. Strangely, as I've grown older, I'm come to appreciate the sounds of our local wildlife, especially birdsong. Hell I even wake up early enough to listen to "Tweet of the Day" on BBC Radio 4 [0].
I'd say this site is certainly not "useless" for aficionados of our feathered friends.
10 comments
[ 2.2 ms ] story [ 30.2 ms ] threadno ads. no growth hacking. no IPO. no exit strategy. just quality content and worldwide cooperation.
And cash from the dutch government via the Naturalis museum. And content contributed largely by volunteers.
It's a great project and website, but i think comparing it to a commercial company is very pointless.
Are you contending that the internet should be wholly funded by governments? I'm confused.
If I had a solution to generalize this I would be busy implementing it.
I live in a rural area with an incredibly wide spectrum of birdsong throughout the seasons. Strangely, as I've grown older, I'm come to appreciate the sounds of our local wildlife, especially birdsong. Hell I even wake up early enough to listen to "Tweet of the Day" on BBC Radio 4 [0].
I'd say this site is certainly not "useless" for aficionados of our feathered friends.
Also...must everything end up on Wikipedia?
[0]: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s6xyk
And frankly, the birds make these lovely noises, the people who record them should not restrict usage - there is no creative input.
Essentially to make them part of free culture we are going to have to relicense them or rerecord them.