First, Do No Harm

If it weren't already clear that copyright has no Hippocratic oath, the tale Suw Charman relays makes it obvious:

Reynolds works for the London Ambulance Service, and has just been on a course covering new treatment guidelines. He and his colleagues will, however, be getting an out-of-date version of the course handbook because the copyright holders won't allow the London Ambulance Service to edit the newest version so that it is more relevant to London.

Even those who can't put lost creativity on a balance sheet should be disturbed by this kind of consequence.

After spotting several nuggets on her blog, I look forward to meeting Suw at NotCon 04.

Posted by Wendy at June 01, 2004 05:06 AM | TrackBack