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 Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 6:16 pm
Before I start this debate, I want to define a few terms I'm going to be using.
Profit Pirating: pirating a medium in order to sell for a profit, without providing royalties to the creator
Free Pirating: pirating a medium without gaining profit. Inherently, no party gains anything from it other than the party getting the goods
Selling: Selling a non-pirated medium for profit, royalties are paid to the creator
Copyright Laws: The international laws, unless a specific jurisdiction is stated (US, EU, Canada, etc.)
Medium: any product that can be distributed and protected under Copyright laws, such as music, video, images, texts, etc.
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Now, copyright laws have been in existence since the Middle Ages, when copying arts and texts first began. These laws have, for the most part, gone unchanged throughout the centuries, still mostly the same today. However, with the advent of the Information Age and the technologies it brings, these laws have become, in my opinion, outdated. The new technologies (torrents, DVDs, filesharing, and more) make it easier to distribute the medium to a wide range of individuals at an extremely low cost, if any cost exists at all. With the current laws and the current technologies, situations are going to arise that will cause very serious debates. If these laws were changed at the national and international level, this debate will disappear and the industry will not only improve, but advance further than if they continued to fight.
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Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 12:25 am
OH OH! RANDOM FACT!
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
END OF DISCUSSION (I think, I didn't really read the article...)
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Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 3:15 pm
Inmayo, you need to give your opinion on you think should be done.
And I'm reading correctly, you're asking if changes should be made or if the current copyright laws should remain the same.
Icewavezero, that's not really an argument to what Inmayo is (possibly) asking.
I don't think you're allowed to call for an of discussion either.
But, to keep myself on topic so I don't get in trouble as well...
Personally, I think the copyright laws should be changed a bit.
How much?
Well, I can't answer that.
But I will agree with that the laws are outdated, and when getting someone else's work is as a click of the mouse, we have an issue.
I'm a firm bystander to giving the owners/workers their credit and profits their work, and don't like the idea of people being able to take that work for free.
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