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The stupid mess that are the copyright laws today is something the US has voted for and imposed to the rest of the world. Funny US only wakes up when EU forces
by Iv 8y ago
The stupid mess that are the copyright laws today is something the US has voted for and imposed to the rest of the world. Funny US only wakes up when EU forces companies to follow the same rules as users.
Had the rule of law been applied equally to companies and individuals, youtube could never have existed as it is now. Solve the root of the damn problems. Fix the copyright laws.
- hyperman1 7y agoWrong, unfortunately. Copyright was dreamed up in medieval Europe, to protect manual copyists from fast copying by printing presses. The USA had a very relaxed way with copyright enforcement, until enough local culture was created. Europe was furious at the time but couldn't do much. Basically China today is doing to the USA what the USA did to Europe. And what parts of Europe did to other parts of Europe, for much the same reasons. Copyright is a mess, but not one concocted by the USA.
- Iv 7y agoOriginal copyright laws were 21 years since first publication and made a lot of sense in a time when copies were costly to make. They became increasingly stupid, going in the wrong direction long time after copies were basically free and this was because of American right holder's lobbying efforts. I am well aware that places like Hollywood started as havens with lax enforcement of IPs. They seem to have forgotten that though and have been pushing very hard for destroying the kind of environment that made them possible.