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>You could say this of virtually any law. The topic at hand is a particular law, however. I'm glad that you agree that mindless enforcement is bad. Show that t
by sethrin 14y ago
>You could say this of virtually any law.
The topic at hand is a particular law, however. I'm glad that you agree that mindless enforcement is bad. Show that there is a subset of copyright that is practical to enforce on the internet. At the risk of repeating myself, I do not believe that such is practical, and the scale of the violation is easily on par with (e.g.) an attempt to criminalize normal bodily functions.
There is no good outcome when laws are routinely and unknowingly violated. You are ducking the hard questions, and focusing on the legal niceties. You should also make an argument as to why a law that would punish all citizens if fully enforced, should not be considered a bad law.
- dredmorbius 14y agoDMCA takedown notices in the event of an infringement. For someone attempting major commercial exploitation of copyrighted materials, there's virtually always an entity which can be reached by injunction, subpoena, or legal action. Filesharing (a noncommercial exploitation of copyrighted works) is harder to track down, but more overt forms of sharing generally can be identified. Remember: both the copyright enforcer and the copyright infringer need to identify and access the infringed work. The same actions which make it harder for the copyright enforcer to identify infringing uses make it harder for infringers to infringe. Not impossible, but difficult. There are many cases of plagiarism and content stealing, yes. But for the most part, once detected, these can be shut down. Tracking content theft from a developed country to a less developed one may be difficult (technically and legally), but it's also a relatively small economic loss. What did you have in mind?