Right-free writing – It’s yours to use

I'm not holding you back now (Photo: abnelphoto.com)

You don’t have any rights, and I said I don’t either.

Let me put that into practice.

Official release

All the free writing at bondChristian.com is yours if you want it. You can use it however you want.

And I don’t just mean can you apply it however you want – I mean you can use the actual content itself however you want.

For example…

  • You can copy/paste it into your blog and say you wrote it.
  • You can switch it up, quote me out of context, and add porn links.
  • You can repackage it, sell it, and keep all the profits for yourself.

Seriously. But you already knew that. You’ve always had that capacity, but you thought you might get in trouble or look bad for doing it…

Official blessing

What you might not have known is that I want you to do that. I want you to take this content and use it however you want.

You don’t need to ask me if you can use it – I want you to.

I’d love for a link back to the site, since links are the Internet’s currency, but that’s extra… and totally not required.

For example, you know what I think would be really cool? I think it would be really cool if someone (you?) took some articles off this blog, pitched them to a publisher, and got a book published in your own name with my content.

I’m not being sarcastic here. It’s unofficial ghostwriting for me. I’d totally love that. Stealing my writing here is impossible.

The caveat

There’s always a catch, right? Here’s the deal: as much as I’d like to, I can’t give away everyone else’s content… so any interviews or guest posts or comments here are still the poster’s property, not mine.

Also, any content I share on other sites (through guest posts, interviews, or comments) is subject to their rules.

But in either case, if you get their permission, no need to get mine – you already have it. And my blessing.

Over the next couple weeks, I’m trying to work it out so you can use everything, including their stuff (unless otherwise noted).

The big “why”

Why am I doing this?

1. Because I’m here to serve others, not myself.

2. Because I don’t believe in rights.

3. Because I want to help you serve others.

4. Because I want to help you spread the message of serving others.

and…

5. Because I think one of the best ways to spread the message of serving others is to live it out practically.

Serving Suggestions:

(1) In general, what do you think of this? More specifically, what do you think about right-free comments and guest posts? Should I open that up for anyone to use however they want, or is that going beyond my rights (irony)?

(2) Now spread this. Create devotionals, blog posts, ebooks, studies, whatever. And don’t feel bad… I want you to do it.

Many thanks to Leo Baubota, Seth Godin, and Jesus Christ for the inspiration for this.