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Originally Posted by tirsales
But somebody has to make the first step.
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Here we see our quandry: Each side can claim to have already made the "first step," yet both sides insist the other side has not come "far enough." Neither side is being fully honest with the other, and both sides have legitimate grievances that the other side seems (at face value) to ignore. How can this situation possibly play out well?
Personally, I can't see how (to return to the title of this thread) copyright concerns will ever be settled on the existing internet as we know it. The fact of the matter is: You can't trust everybody. Absolute trust, fairness and safety on the existing web, worldwide, will simply never happen. Ethics and values are not the same from individual to individual, nor from country to country. You need control, but no one wants to grant even an iota of it, despite the potential for enhancing web and personal safety and fairness for all, for fear of the personal freedoms they will lose. Somebody always pisses in the pool.
e-Publishing cannot overcome copyright concerns, because it is not within its purview to control the elements that threaten copyright. e-Publishing is literally at the mercy of the structure of the web, which is by nature anarchic. The web itself needs to rein in the anarchy, and enact controls over those elements, through enhanced security protocols, or copyright protection simply won't happen. All e-publishers can do is wait to see if it ever happens.