Comments on: StreamCast on Grokster ruling http://www.p2pnet.net/story/5367 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/5367/comment-page-1#comment-15878 Reader's Write Wed, 29 Jun 2005 01:03:20 +0000 #comment-15878 The difference is, when you take a book out of the library (at least in Canada), the author gets a small payment (its called the Public Lending Right). For most writers, it ends up being a couple hundred dollars a year. Its alot like royalties for playing songs on the radio. Of course, the amount of money involved is dwarfed by the music industry, which is why they are fighting a compulsory licencing scheme as applied to music so hard. The difference is, when you take a book out of the library (at least in Canada), the author gets a small payment (its called the Public Lending Right). For most writers, it ends up being a couple hundred dollars a year.

Its alot like royalties for playing songs on the radio. Of course, the amount of money involved is dwarfed by the music industry, which is why they are fighting a compulsory licencing scheme as applied to music so hard.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/5367/comment-page-1#comment-15869 Reader's Write Tue, 28 Jun 2005 23:33:23 +0000 #comment-15869 US Law has repeatedly shielded Gun manufacturers from liability of their products used by the gun owners on the pretext that the person using the gun is liable but not the gun itself. How does this twisted logic squares with the current ruling on P2Ps? B/w the message is more important than the messenger Sunny129 US Law has repeatedly shielded Gun manufacturers from liability of their products used by the gun owners on the pretext that the person using the gun is liable but not the gun itself. How does this twisted logic squares with the current ruling on P2Ps?

B/w the message is more important than the messenger

Sunny129

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/5367/comment-page-1#comment-15864 Reader's Write Tue, 28 Jun 2005 22:20:25 +0000 #comment-15864 Isn't a statement which is signed and dated by a witness or defendant Copyrighted? Yet the courts will photocopy them to give to the prosecution and to the judge without asking permission from the person who made the statement, So how can they judge on copyright infringement when they are guilty of breaking the same law. Also, what about a photographer who takes a picture or video of someone reading a newspaper or book etc, does he hold the copyright to the film? or can he be sued by the newspaper or book publisher for copyright infringment also. Isn’t a statement which is signed and dated by a witness or defendant Copyrighted? Yet the courts will photocopy them to give to the prosecution and to the judge without asking permission from the person who made the statement, So how can they judge on copyright infringement when they are guilty of breaking the same law. Also, what about a photographer who takes a picture or video of someone reading a newspaper or book etc, does he hold the copyright to the film? or can he be sued by the newspaper or book publisher for copyright infringment also.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/5367/comment-page-1#comment-15855 Reader's Write Tue, 28 Jun 2005 19:26:08 +0000 #comment-15855 What's the differnce between borrowing a book from the library or downloading/borrowing a song from the internet. Should we close all libraries for copyright infringement? What’s the differnce between borrowing a book from the library or downloading/borrowing a song from the internet. Should we close all libraries for copyright infringement?

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