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Stephen Downes

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So what happens if you just share your invntion with the world? If you're Johnny Chung Lee and you've shared your Poor Man's Steadycam or your Wii-based interactive whiteboard, as the New York Times reports, you get job offers, interviews, press, product sales, and worldwide acclaim. Compared to the obscurity some guy scrubbing for that extra hundred dollars earns, what's not to like? (As usual, the best part of this article is the comments).

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