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Copyright law needs some serious reform. It's unconscionable that you can't even share the laws that govern you. We really need an exception for things that are
by cooper12 10y ago
Copyright law needs some serious reform. It's unconscionable that you can't even share the laws that govern you. We really need an exception for things that are considered "public" knowledge, including freedom of panorama. (I can't even take a picture of my own city if it contains an artwork in it) We also need to do something about orphaned works. Sadly, it's in the interest of Disney and other corporations that the status quo of a restrictive commons continues indefinitely.
- maxerickson 10y agoThere's no need for a copyright exception, people crafting public laws should simply not incorporate material that cannot be published along with the law.
- Old_Thrashbarg 10y agoYes, that would be one solution, but you'd have to somehow enforce that governments do that or else local governments may continue with the status quo. Also, there's the question of what to do with historical laws. For example, buildings being renovated sometimes have to follow the building codes corresponding to their original construction date. So the current laws that the publishers are trying to paywall may be relevant for another 100 years.
- maxerickson 10y agoThe code thing is fairly easy, just make it acceptable to follow the current law rather than the unpublished one. It might bother preservationists or lead to more expensive renovations¹, but oh well. ¹Is it so much that renovations must follow the old code, or are they sometimes allowed to because the new standard is hard to retrofit?