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Old 08-04-2013, 08:15 PM   #46
speakingtohe
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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward View Post
The problem with copyright in these cases is that no one can legally save obscure works. Someone might want to host a "library" (web site) of obscure works that nobody else values (think Project Gutenberg), but they are legally prevented from doing so, so that a handful of famous works can be monetized in perpetuity. Maybe nobody cares about them, maybe somebody might choose to rediscover them. But as it is, most likely they'll never have that chance.

Will all works be preserved? Of course not. But if I decided to save, say 50's and 60's calypso music (and make available - with my labor and time and money for hosting resources), I can't - unless I want to be a criminal...

(The BBC stories are true. A number of Doctor Who episodes were saved from the dumpster (literally) and bought and sold at flea markets, et. al. And eventually given back to the BBC for making DVD's of.)
Most people can legally do anything if they have enough money or determination behind them. I can't legally own a Porsche because I cannot pay for one without saving up for longer than I am willing to do. In all respect a desire to open a website to host music or books that you do not legally own being thwarted by copyright sounds a bit like Giggletonese to me.

And speaking hypothetically if you were willing to spend a lot of time and energy, you could set up a reasonable website with legal content, that might attract rights holders to it willing to allow you to distribute their music legally. A bit of a slog I am sure, and not a free lunch, but as in most areas the free lunch is not available.

Personally, if it was my dream to host calypso music specifically from the 50's and 60's I would start with public domain works from the 40's or earlier, make something classy and appeal to those who are not making a profit on their rights as a way to preserve the memories.

But my overall opinion is that just because an individual want to make a website on a specific or nonspecific area of copyrighted works without paying the copyright due is not enough reason to remove copyright laws. If the works are not currently available for love or money, wait. Make do with what is available. Their is that one in a million obscure work I am sure that would make the world a far richer place if it was available tomorrow, or 20 years ago, and has us all hanging upside down waiting for it, but for the life of me I can't remember it's name. Alzheimer's perhaps.

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