Which really comes back to my original point: IP laws (including DMCA) were never intended to make a few "big content people rich, but to increase the available "works" for everyone!
We are a long way from that! Karen On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 4:47 AM, Robert Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 2:23 AM, Karen Palen <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I think the essential requirement is very similar even though the > > implementation differs a whole lot. > > > > The person who claims to "own" the material being copied must present > proof > > that it is indeed being copied and not just a vague statement that " they > > are using what looks a lot like my work". > > > > That much is universal! > the big problem is that the DMCA is being used as a version of > Maxwells Silver (sledge)Hammer so we have the big content folks doing > keyword searches and catching > > 1 their own legitimate postings > 2 postings that use the same keywords but are unrelated > 3 what is actually fair use bits of content > 4 Fan fiction (which the author has stated is allowed) > > -- > Robert L Martin > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users >
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