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> The government sets up a website What government? World government? Yours? Mine? Who will pay for it? What will happen is an author is hit by a car and falls

by ivlad 3y ago

> The government sets up a website What government? World government? Yours? Mine? Who will pay for it? What will happen is an author is hit by a car and falls into coma? How will authorship be established? Worldwide federated authentication of authors? How will it work of authors in Iran? Technosolutuonists are funny sometimes. “Just add a little bit of blockchain”.

jedberg 3y ago
> What government? World government? Yours? Mine? Who will pay for it? The US Government, since we are talking about US Copyright. > How will authorship be established? Worldwide federated authentication of authors? How will it work of authors in Iran? US copyright doesn't cover worldwide works unless they register in the US. > Technosolutuonists are funny sometimes. “Just add a little bit of blockchain”. And I never said blockchain. I said a website where people upload and register their works. You know, like a digital version of how it works today where you mail a copy of your work to the copyright office. But with the added bonus of a contact feature. > What will happen is an author is hit by a car and falls into coma? Presumably there would be a dispute process available for these rare edge cases. This is in fact why it would not be a blockchain. So that the legal system still has final say.
- ivlad 3y ago
  > US copyright doesn't cover worldwide works unless they register in the US. Are you sure it works this way now?
  - jedberg 3y ago
    I mean with everything copyright, it's complicated. If for example you create a work in the UK, it's automatically copyright in the UK. Because of international treaties, that copyright is honored in the US. But it's not a US copyright. It doesn't follow US copyright law for expiration for example. I'm not a copyright lawyer, I've just looked into it before. This is my layman's understanding after talking to a lawyer.

by ivlad 3y ago

jedberg 3y ago

> What government? World government? Yours? Mine? Who will pay for it? The US Government, since we are talking about US Copyright. > How will authorship be established? Worldwide federated authentication of authors? How will it work of authors in Iran? US copyright doesn't cover worldwide works unless they register in the US. > Technosolutuonists are funny sometimes. “Just add a little bit of blockchain”. And I never said blockchain. I said a website where people upload and register their works. You know, like a digital version of how it works today where you mail a copy of your work to the copyright office. But with the added bonus of a contact feature. > What will happen is an author is hit by a car and falls into coma? Presumably there would be a dispute process available for these rare edge cases. This is in fact why it would not be a blockchain. So that the legal system still has final say.

ivlad 3y ago
> US copyright doesn't cover worldwide works unless they register in the US. Are you sure it works this way now?
- jedberg 3y ago
  I mean with everything copyright, it's complicated. If for example you create a work in the UK, it's automatically copyright in the UK. Because of international treaties, that copyright is honored in the US. But it's not a US copyright. It doesn't follow US copyright law for expiration for example. I'm not a copyright lawyer, I've just looked into it before. This is my layman's understanding after talking to a lawyer.