Sunday, August 3, 2003

open source yoga Yoga businesses have organized to fight the legal attempts by Bikram to copyright his particular yoga sequence. So here's an interesting struggle in a corner of creative space you might not expect it: Open Source Yoga. The attempt to resist the control of copyright over Yoga (yes, really) is described here. Apparently these yoga people don't realize that if yoga could only be propertized, and then sold to the highest bidder, it would be cared for, and protected. As Mr. Valenti has observed, without copyright protection, yoga is an orphan. But with perfect and perpetual copyright protection, it could be auctioned to the entity that could develop it best, and support its growth most strongly. Maybe Gold Gym could buy it, or MTV. Or maybe Mickey could take up yoga, after Disney bought yoga. See [a very interesting story in the LA Times from July 23 comments about the revival of Mickey's image that I can't link to because it is in a paid archive and Dave Winer hasn't solved this problem yet]. The possibilities are endless. [Lessig Blog] Now I can talk about open source with Paulette in a context that is meaningful to her. As an attorney, I am very interested to hear her take on his chances in court. 11:31:21 PM    trackback []

BloggerJack weblogs now available The new site is progressing. I solved one of my IT issues with the purchase of a LinkSys router/hub. Now I can surf to the bloggerjack.com domain name from within my own house (using the DMZ feature of the router, which includes local loopback). In other words, now I don't have to leave my house, or dial in, just to check email and post to the weblogs! Anyway, the site itself isn't quite ready, but the weblogs are up and starting to fill in: There are currently several weblogs to choose from: The BloggerJack Reporter - a human-powered weblog aggregator of news about weblogs. If you want a single source for news about weblogs in our our society and the workplace, visit or subscribe to this weblog. No technical issues and no commentary from the BloggerJack crew, just straight syndicating from other weblogs around the globe. Expect a handful of new posts every other day or so. The BloggerJack News - news about the company. Very low frequency. Visit or subscribe. The BloggerJack Resource Center - This weblog announces new articles and other resources as they are added to the BloggerJack website. Subscribe to be notified of these occasional additions or updates. deeje @ BloggerJack - my commentary on developments within the blogosphere and their potential impact on businesses and professionals. Updated on a semi-weekly basis, visit or subscribe to share in my thoughts as we move forward into the blogosphere. I ask you, my few but loyal readers, to spread the word about these new weblogs. Also, please encourage anyone you know who is interested in weblogs in business to contact me at my new business address deeje@bloggerjack.com. Now that these weblogs are up, I won't be blogging about weblogs here anymore. This weblog will focus more on my personal life and my commentary on more general issues such as marketing, advertising, music, books, and law. 11:09:00 PM    trackback []