Copyright works: toxic waste
p2pnet news view | P2P | Politics:- British politicians who believe their constituents are Hollywood and the Big 4 music labels, rather than the people who elected them, want to “match online and physical IP infringement penalties, with a statutory maximum penalty of £50,000 [$82,000]“.
This will, “improve copyright licensing” reckons UK intellectual property office supremo David Lammy.
But, “The more dangerous it is for the public to handle copyright works the less they will,” observes our friend Crosbie Fitch in a Reader’s Write.
Seems obvious, doesn’t it?
But it’s escaped the attention of the auld grey heads who run the entertainment cartels.
“In other words, soon the term ‘copyright’ will become a kiss of obscurity for any independent artist’s work,” says Crosbie, continuing »»»
This means that works are already polarising into two groups: a) works only safe to watch at a distance, at a cinema, on TV, or hear on a radio (as long as no camcorder or other recorder is present), b) works safe to keep in one’s personal collection, share with one’s friends, and build upon and publish.
The second group is soon going to dwarf the first group.
Before long copyright works will go the way of lead paint, prohibited from the presence of children, banned from the home and workplace without special permit, and considered hazardous material for use only in extreme cases, e.g. by the military.
“If it isn’t copyleft, share alike, CC0, or otherwise stipulated as safe for handling by the public then don’t touch it with a barge pole,” he says, adding:
“Until copyright is abolished we’re going to have to be extremely careful to treat copyright works for the toxic waste they are.”
£50,000 [$82,000] – UK wants $82,000 for ‘online IP offenses’, June 19, 2009
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June 19th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
Soon they will be only two type of content:
The copyrighted crap from: Vivendique-Universale//Sony-BMG/EMI/Time Warner and others RIAA/MPAA/BPI/IFPI/. . . . parasites that everyone will ignore.
and
the creative comon that will replace completly the crap from above.
Personaly I am disgusted by these pigs. They seriously got on my nerve.
I no longer buy music or movies I no longer listen to the radio I no longe go to the movie theater and I watch less an less TV.
Soon all these entertainment gangsters, spectors parasites and company will be no more than a bad dream.
June 19th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
“If it isn’t copyleft, share alike, CC0, or otherwise stipulated as safe for handling by the public then don’t touch it with a barge pole”
I agree.
June 19th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
And another thing: I guess that the “digitalization” of the television broadcasting here in Sweden mostly were for the sake of making it easier to control the market by packaging TV channels even more in the way the broadcasting companies prefer (copy-prevention, etc)…
I really don’t want to get more than one of those receivers for free television (that can take in the “govermental” SVT channels (which is surprisingly good) and TV4).