begin quoting Michael O'Keefe as of Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 11:48:25AM -0700: [attribution deleted] > >Same as the RIAA. If the RIAA can't retain copyright and can't > >negotiate the terms of its use, they're not going to last long. > > As I've said, I have no problems with the RIAA (or the MPAA) introducing > technological terms to control their copyrights and suiing copyright
I actually have problems with technological controls over the copyright. If you copy-protect a work, it shouldn't be copyrightable. You're already taking steps to protect yourself. If you copyright a work, it _ought_ to be available to the public at the expiration of the copyright; if it isn't, then copyright had no benefit to society. > violators (I think they're out of their skulls suiing 14-year-old girls, > but that's their decision) I actually don't have a problem with them suing 14-year-old girls who are violating their copyrights. Youth and gender should have nothing to do with it. (Now, suing the child to apply pressure to the parent, that's reprehensible!) However, they need to go after the most egregious violators first; if you are taking damage, you don't go after the small fry, you go after the worst offenders -- if you don't, you aren't really taking serious damage and all the whining is just that. > I *do* have a problem with them getting extra governmental help with the > DMCA in making it a crime to try to circumvent the technology and > distributing the information about how to circumvent (felt pen on the > inner ring) becoz their means failed or they can't be bothered. It's the way of those in power and money. It's really up to the market to make the decision... people should just refuse to buy copy-protected works, end of story. If you are "required" to do so, sue whoever is imposing the requirement, as that's an unjust imposition on you. If nobody purchased copy-protected works, copy-protection is discarded. We've seen this again and again and again. People can do without the latest and greatest for a couple of years; the media companies cannot do without a revenue stream for nearly as long. The power is in the market. All in the market. And only in the market. -Stewart "There's nothing copy-protected that I cannot do without." Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
