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Well that's been the issue of late, and all my submitted articles on the DMCA 512 issue that music entities (RIAA) are pushing for in the US government could ha
by 6stringmerc 11y ago
Well that's been the issue of late, and all my submitted articles on the DMCA 512 issue that music entities (RIAA) are pushing for in the US government could have big implications here.
Copyright without enforcement is no right at all - on that we should be able to agree.
Thus, I believe it's a societal issue in trying to figure out an equitable balance (in this case - currently policing / take downs via DMCA, civil cases a la Beastie Boys curb stomping GoldiBlox). Now, has the scale been tilted in a lopsided way? Oh yeah, I'm no fan of Copyright becoming essentially a Corporate Legal Weapon.
But...and this is a big but...killing Copyright outright also stands to injure many smaller, more vulnerable creators. I've yet to see any remotely feasable avenue to remedy it outside of "Music and movies should just be, like, free, man" like the parent asserts.
- bduerst 11y agoCopyright is harder to make a corporate weapon than patents, right? The specifics of duration, situations, etc. are details that are debatable. I was thinking more along the lines of the specific problem that DRM is attempting to solve - why DRM exists - to see if there is any thoughts as the way to remove DRM completely but still solve the gap in copyright enforcement.
- narrowrail 11y ago>Copyright is harder to make a corporate weapon than patents, right? Copyright is currently life of the creator+70yrs, while patents are a mere 20yrs. So, it seems copyright laws are weaponized for a longer duration.
- bduerst 11y agoDid you read the next sentence? I'm talking about gaps in copyright enforcement that DRM is trying to fill.