[governance] Sad news

[Mera Szendro Bok]

Hi all,

If you are interested in Michael Hart's work you will be interested in
Public Knowledge's video: "An ode to Michael Hart" about the great work he
has done to advance openness on various digital platforms:

http://www.publicknowledge.org/ode-michael-hart-project-gutenberg-and-open-format

Have a nice weekend,

Mera

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On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Deirdre Williams <
williams.deirdre at gmail.com> wrote:

> One aspect of governance is access.
> I learned today from Bytesforall of the death of Michael Hart - the Project
> Gutenberg man.
> Below is the end of the article published by Bytesforall which I think
> originated as a Guardian obituary.
>
> In 1998, Wired magazine named Hart to its "Wired 25," a list of people
> around the world who were "actively, even hyperactively, inventing
> tomorrow."
>
> Hart had his critics. He was often disparaged by academics, who complained
> of typographical and other errors in Project Gutenberg books. He was not
> beloved in the traditional publishing world, which he often attacked for
> profiting on the works of long-dead writers. He disapproved of U.S.
> copyright laws, which keep popular works out of the public domain for
> decades after an author has died.
>
> Hart dismissed his critics' attacks.
>
> "I'm not doing this to make the academic community happy," he told the
> Chicago Tribune in 1999. He aimed to serve the masses. "I am a
> revolutionary
> in this neo-industrial revolution. That's why they have trouble with me.
> How
> can anyone be troubled by free information? "
>
> *elaine.woo@ latimes.com <%2Aelaine.woo%40latimes.com>*
>
> Deirdre
> --
> “The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir William
> Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979
>
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