Comments on: Canada copyright law: stronger, better than US’s http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14132 p2pnet.net offers not-your-lamescream news on movies music digital media P2P peer-to-peer TV television file sharing freedom of speech open source product news Wifi mobiles company Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:00:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: SomeDude http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14132#comment-218938 SomeDude Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:51:29 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14132#comment-218938 I don't think copyright term length really matters. But I think the royolties should be on a sliding scale during the term and should be set by law, in this manner the creator can still generat some money from his/her work but at the same time not burden the world with everlasting high prices. Also when the copyright term is over the creators names should be recognised when ever their works are used. I think the biggest issue we need to work on is 'Fare Use', that should be in our bill of rights written in stone. Any thing used for educational purposes should be considered legal. Private copying for no financial gain should be legal. On the other hand P2P Downloading should be further examined. Perhaps the music industry should take a couple steps back and take a really good look at this technology. It cheaper than making CD's which end up in land fills after they are scratched to kingdom come, same goes for DVD's. I do not agree with persons who download music and never consider buying a legal copy if they like it or never even delete the music they don't like. I have downloaded some music to replace damaged CD's that I could not rip into mp3's due to the scraches, the rest I've ripped from my own library. I think it is time for the musicians and artists to speek up, and for the RIAA/CRIA to listen. Maybe the RIAA and CRIA have out lived their usefullness for the artists and needs to be disbanded I don’t think copyright term length really matters.
But I think the royolties should be on a sliding scale during the term and should be set by law, in this manner the creator can still generat some money from his/her work but at the same time not burden the world with everlasting high prices.

Also when the copyright term is over the creators names should be recognised when ever their works are used.

I think the biggest issue we need to work on is ‘Fare Use’, that should be in our bill of rights written in stone.
Any thing used for educational purposes should be considered legal. Private copying for no financial gain should be legal.

On the other hand P2P Downloading should be further examined. Perhaps the music industry should take a couple steps back and take a really good look at this technology. It cheaper than making CD’s which end up in land fills after they are scratched to kingdom come, same goes for DVD’s.
I do not agree with persons who download music and never consider buying a legal copy if they like it or never even delete the music they don’t like.
I have downloaded some music to replace damaged CD’s that I could not rip into mp3’s due to the scraches, the rest I’ve ripped from my own library.

I think it is time for the musicians and artists to speek up, and for the RIAA/CRIA to listen. Maybe the RIAA and CRIA have out lived their usefullness for the artists and needs to be disbanded

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14132#comment-218853 Reader's Write Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:34:21 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14132#comment-218853 "Canada has a shorter copyright term, namely the internationally accepted Berne Convention norm of life + 50 years." Which is still way too long. “Canada has a shorter copyright term, namely the internationally accepted Berne Convention norm of life + 50 years.”

Which is still way too long.

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