Hi Jeffrey,
You make some interesting points. I guess it all depends on which side you are: publisher (would like to see money), writer (would like to protect his writing) and reader (would love to have it for free). I am in favor of free open content. It creates a balance in society much needed (more people can study). Also, there might be a lot of content that is perfect to use but never gets a chance now because it has not been written in a certain way (publishers are like gods, they think they can decide on everything and they throw most of the writing on the pile of “no good”).
Shouldn’t education be free? (then content would have to be free) Is it not a basic need? I am not worried at all if I don’t know how a company makes money, as long as they produce stuff we can use, preferably for free 🙂
And what we are trying to do in education with connectedness, so is Google (and Fb and Twitter etc.): they all try to connect everything together to get ahead……And we want to do the same, right?