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For money / no money isn't such a great distinction either. After all, the Minute Maid corporation and a kid's 25 cent lemonade stand are both "for money". How
by alexqgb 15y ago
For money / no money isn't such a great distinction either. After all, the Minute Maid corporation and a kid's 25 cent lemonade stand are both "for money".
However, there's a bright and shining line between corporate entities, and actual humans. Assuming that even low-level commerce is not something that we want policed, it seems like setting up a new line at the point where a business is worth incorporating.
Put simply, you have to be incorporated before copyright penalties apply. Critically, you don't have to be incorporated to go after an infringing corporation.
This doesn't really solve the business model problems of legacy rights holders, but it does provide a clear basis for moving forward, not just with new models, but with law that doesn't harm people's daily lives.
- michaelfeathers 15y agoSounds like a good idea, but I remember someone telling me that there is some legal principle around transferring ownership of property and the distinction between private companies and public corporations; that it's bad when the same rights don't attach. This was around the time that Joel Bakan's book came out. Definitely an idea worth looking into, though.