Report back to the sites such as this one so people can coordinate. If Canadian, please join http://digital-copyright.ca ’s public discussion forum.

Oh yeah, the post was anonymous. heh heh

True, if it was some precious trade secret for the cure for some serious disease, or some state security matter that affects millions of people, then of course these should be kept secret — and attributed to the owners.

But when you move to public domain, and in more than 10 people (often thousands and millions of people) know about it — then it’s no longer copyright. That’s right, think about it folks. All of this hoopla about music is just total bullshit! How “original” is a piece of composition, or a song, or a performance. Each have borrowed 99.99999% from previous works, whether in music or an outside inspiration. Songs about love, trivial matter, are not unique — Does any composer seriously believe they are the first and only person to ever experience a heart-break AND write about it?! And it doesn’t stop there — how they express themselves in words are not unique either. You just have to look a school kids’ diary, and you’ll see the same writting. There’s only so many ways of expressing that you’re sad or in love!

And as a final note, as the author of p2pnet.net pointed out. The main purpose of putting stuff on the web is to share it will the WHOLE world, so that as many people as possible can benifit from the information. The sole point is not about getting credit or getting a “scoop”, but to express oneself. Heck, I was honored that one of the comments I made, was reposted as a headline article on p2pnet.net. They didn’t ask me, NOR did I care. I was happy they took value in what I said!

In closing, don’t have a cow man. You’re not the first person, and you’ll won’t be the last person to have that knowledge/idea/information expressed in words/music/film/print/video/etc.