On Thursday 19 July 2001 09:48, Linuxism Chang wrote:
>
> So you think copyright laws are good, and protecting honest
> merchants (if not the programmers)?
Hey, where did I say that?
The idea of copyright is a very complex one, and I'm not going to attempt to
answer your very leading question!
However, because of the current state of copyright (music, "intellectual
property", etc.,), and the "buy a licence to use, not buy to own", I happen
to think that a radical revision of the idea of copyright (as far as possible
to a world-wide agreed standard) is long overdue.
In what other field of commerce or industry would anyone be able to sell a
product on the following terms and get away with it?
You can purchase this car, but:
a. you do not own it, you are only licensed to use it
b. you cannot sell it on without our permission.
c. you can only drive it where we say you can.
d. you cannot share the car with anyone else
e. you can only use petrol approved by us
f. if it breaks down or just fails to work it is not our fault
g. if you or others suffer injury, death or other loss through our
negligence, incompetence or other fault we are not responsible.
h. we do not warrant that this product is suitable for the purpose for which
it is designed and sold (that is, if it does not do the job that we advertise
it to do, that is not our responsibility).
i. when we bring out a new model you will have to buy it, because the only
petrol you will be able to buy will only run the new upgrade/model
Terence
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