Reading a book in progress is an unusual concept. Being a technical editor, I get to do it here at SitePoint, and it’s great fun to watch a book take shape. If you’d like to be a part of that process, and you’re interested in copyright, then Joe Clark (yes, the very same Joe Clark known to accessibility fans) has just announced his latest project: The Cranky Copyright Book.

读正在进行的书是一个不寻常的概念。 作为技术编辑，我可以在SitePoint上做到这一点，而且看书成型很有趣。 如果您想成为该过程的一部分，并且对版权感兴趣，那么Joe Clark (是的，无障碍粉丝所熟悉的Joe Clark就是他)刚刚宣布了他的最新项目： The Cranky Copyright Book 。

If you’re reading this, chances are you’re also a creator. Whether you’re writing text, drawing graphics, taking photos, or building blog themes, copyright is an important concept that affects us all. It’s especially true if you want to reuse content you found elsewhere. Plenty of people aren’t happy with the current state of affairs—of course, there’s Creative Commons, but there’s still plenty of room for criticism there. Joe asks:

如果您正在阅读本文，那么您很可能也是创作者。 无论您是编写文本，绘制图形，拍摄照片还是建立博客主题，版权都是影响我们所有人的重要概念。 如果您想重用在其他地方找到的内容，则尤其如此。 很多人对当前的状况不满意-当然有知识共享，但是那里仍然有很多批评的余地。 乔问：

What if everything you knew about copyright was wrong?

如果您对版权的所有了解都不对怎么办？

Well, it isn’t. And I’m not here to tell you it is. But I do want to break you out of the spell you’ve been under since Larry Lessig became your secular god.

好吧，不是。 我不是在这里告诉你它是。 但我确实想让您摆脱自拉里·莱西格(Larry Lessig)成为世俗神以来一直遭受的魔咒。

There really is a way to look at copyright that is not a form of apologia for dying “content” industries, like the music business and Hollywood studios. This new way also has very little to do with “free culture,” Creative Commons, and the teachings of gurus like Lessig and Michael Geist.

确实有一种看待版权的方法，而不是对垂死的“内容”行业(例如音乐行业和好莱坞工作室)的道歉。 这种新方法也与“自由文化”，知识共享和Lessig和Michael Geist等大师的教义无关。

Sassy! Whether you agree or disagree with this stance, I’m sure we can all agree that there ought to be more voices in the copyright debate, and Joe’s upcoming book promises to do exactly that. What’s also interesting to me is that he’s asking for micropatronage to help him get the book off the ground. Benefactors (or should we call them microbenefactors?) will be able to read beta chapters as they appear, and they’ll be acknowledged in the final book, which will be published in both electronic and physical formats.

野蛮！ 无论您是同意还是不同意这一立场，我都可以肯定我们都同意在版权辩论中应该有更多的声音，而乔的即将出版的书也承诺会做到这一点。 对我来说也很有趣的是，他正在要求微型赞助人帮助他将这本书付诸实践。 受益人(或者我们应该称其为微生物受益人？)将能够阅读它们出现时的beta章节，并且它们将在最终的书中得到认可，该书将以电子和物理格式出版。

It’s early days yet, but this looks like it will become an interesting experiment in publishing—and it’s about an important topic to boot. You can find out more about The Cranky Copyright Book project at its Web site.

尚处于起步阶段，但这看起来将成为发布中一个有趣的实验-这是有关引导的重要主题。 您可以在其网站上找到有关The Cranky Copyright Book项目的更多信息。

翻译自: https://www.sitepoint.com/joe-clarks-cranky-about-copyright/