10-07-2011, 11:15 AM | #1 |
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European Green Party policy on copyright
http://www.scribd.com/doc/67862207/C...ht-28sept11-EN
It all makes perfect sense to me, but I can't really see the suits liking it. |
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10-07-2011, 11:51 AM | #3 |
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I was going to say that they are too dismissive of the orphan works problem, but a return to 20 year copyright would pretty much obsolete the concept of orphaned works.
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10-07-2011, 01:14 PM | #4 |
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Personally, I think it is a step in the right direction, but perhaps goes a bit too far. Companies have too much sway over legislation, and 20 years isn't very long. I mean, look at how much people still buy that are 20+ years old, and it wouldn't stop those sales, just cut the creator out of the loop.
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10-07-2011, 02:11 PM | #6 |
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It's hard to go backwards, unless you're a luddite. I propose in lieu of time component to copyright, a maximum income limit is imposed on all creative works, which when reached would place said creative work immediately into the public domain. Although ending copyright outright would be far simpler.
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Internet piracy, particularly of music, has been good for the industry as a whole. It created enough demand for hardware mp3 players to bring the prices crashing down, which turned a niche product into something that everyone and their granny's dog now owns. That paved the way for companies to sell digital content to all those new owners. There's no real reason why other types of digital content won't work the same way if allowed to. The people who don't pay for anything don't really matter. They're not your customers, they never have been and they never will be. It's their influence on the market as a whole that matters. |
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10-07-2011, 06:13 PM | #9 |
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People sell public domain and CC stuff now. Look at B&N in the "Nook Classics" section. Lots of books for sale, despite all being public domain. They get sales off it from people who don't know any better.
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I'll be honest, either a 20-year rule or a use-it-or-lose-it rule would work wonders for keeping things available to the reader. |
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10-07-2011, 07:41 PM | #11 |
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Check Project Gutenberg or here (in the e-books tab).
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10-08-2011, 03:18 AM | #12 |
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But that is because most of the stuff published in the last 100 years is still under copyright. If the norm would be "if it was printed more than 20 years ago then it's free" people would check.
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10-08-2011, 03:30 AM | #13 |
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No, I think people would still buy books whose copyrights had expired. Amazon makes it easy to find the book you are looking for, it's free storage of the books plus syncing between devices and keeping track of your last page, notes and shared highlights would make Amazons version more desireable even if you had to pay for it (if the price wasn't TOO high anyway) for a lot of people.
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20 years from now there would be at least one database for PD books, there are other free online storage options, and in 20 years we will have more, Amazon isn't the only one that does syncing between devices , and again, in 20 years we will have even more options. |
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If this is legal, it means no-one can make money on the product, once it gone digital. Not a big deal you'd say? Well, apply that to stuff that is digital from the very beginning: software. With "poor actors" only make like tens of millions (Hanks made 50.000.000$ on last Illuminati), they have quite a long way to death. |
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