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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
We're talking about protecting personal intellectual property...
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And about securing the internet, censorship, etc
Censorship as in "locking out unwanted traffic".
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When I mention China, it is not with the idea that we should emulate their political system, nor have I ever advocated such... it is held up as only one example of the fact that the internet, like any communications entity, can be regulated by an authority.
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And China is a very good example what happens then.
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If you really believe that taking steps to protect my intellectual property can only result in the world's population being manacled to their chairs, cameras pointed at them 24-7, and forced to watch propaganda videos until they are sufficiently brainwashed, I can only say that it will take much, much more than a few authors' desire to make a few bucks to accomplish that.
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Well ... you were the one wanting a "secure" and controlled internet.
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But let's try to keep clear heads here, stop accusing each other of being monsters, and discuss the matter at hand.
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Thats fine by me.
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Print makes little practical sense, it is only part of a closed, controlled, wasteful, elitist market, and it is not a direction I would prefer to go in at this time, even if I could.
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You dont like a controlled market but you want a controlled internet?
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This is why I have embraced e-books. However, e-books provide no protection to my intellectual property...
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They do. You did state yourself that you see no loss from the darknet.
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they are the equivalent of attaching the complete recipe for Coca-Cola onto the side of the bottle.
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Mixing patents and copyright.
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Of course, they probably won't ever find out about my Coke. But if they do, and it actually turns out to be more desirable than Pepsi, there will be nothing stopping someone else from recreating, rebranding and selling my Coke and making the money from my recipe. Because my IP has no protection.
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... It has. There is a law protecting your work.
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So: How do I compete with the makers of Pepsi,
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As you stated yourself: The difference is the multi-million-machine, not the media.
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Should I have no legal recourse to protecting my Coke recipe from bootleggers?
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Is there a copyright law in the US? I believe there is.