On 20/11/2007, David Greaves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dave Crossland wrote: > > On 20/11/2007, Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 19/11/2007, Martin Belam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> You see, I just somehow knew that giving away content including music > >>> for free, forever, at the point of delivery, to anyone, regardless of > >>> whether they had paid their Licence Fee or lived in the UK, *still* > >>> wasn't going to be good enough for some. > >> Why? Without the sinister copyright laws, this would be a natural > state of > >> affairs. > > > > Please explain :-) > > > No, please don't.
Before 1710 there wasn't any copyright law. Didn't stop William Shakespeare, or Plato coming up with "good shit". Copyright law is simply a way of (temporarily) restricting supply of a good to unnaturally (in economic terms) force up the price. There's no point me explaining, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_copyright_law etc - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial > list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth http://www.ukfree.tv
