10-12-2019, 08:41 AM | #61 | |
Addict
Posts: 276
Karma: 3600000
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: France
Device: Kobo Aura H2o; reMarkable; Onyx Max 2 Pro
|
Quote:
In the case of your granddad's watch, one cannot put it into a museum without depriving you (or whoever inherited it) of it. In the case of a litterary work (or, really, any intellectual property), you lose nothing if it is reproduced. So the law has another goal than just protecting your property. Yes, producing such and such book is work, and the law is there to protect whoever put their work into it - for a time, to ensure that they are properly compensated for it. But there is no reason why it should ensure an eternal, transferrable right to compensation. In the case of scientific or technological discoveries, there is even good reason for it not to: the inventor gets a protection that for some time so that they don't rely on secret to prevent copies (so that the discovery is not lost if the inventor dies), but at some point the discovery becomes common property of society as a whole, because it must benefit everybody at some point. |
|
10-12-2019, 09:45 AM | #62 |
Readaholic
Posts: 5,156
Karma: 90000000
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: South Georgia
Device: Surface Pro 6 / Galaxy Tab A 8"
|
|
Advert | |
|
10-12-2019, 09:51 AM | #63 |
The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
Posts: 71,603
Karma: 306214458
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Norfolk, England
Device: Kindle Voyage
|
Yes, I have no right to the manuscript that they created, just like I have no right to your grandad's pocket watch.
But I have every right to make a copy of the manuscript, or a copy of the pocket watch. Once copyright in the work has expired. |
10-12-2019, 10:52 AM | #64 | |||
monkey on the fringe
Posts: 45,481
Karma: 158151390
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Seattle Metro
Device: Moto E6, Echo Show
|
Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
|
|||
10-12-2019, 11:05 AM | #65 |
monkey on the fringe
Posts: 45,481
Karma: 158151390
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Seattle Metro
Device: Moto E6, Echo Show
|
|
Advert | |
|
10-12-2019, 12:17 PM | #66 |
The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
Posts: 71,603
Karma: 306214458
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Norfolk, England
Device: Kindle Voyage
|
|
10-12-2019, 12:20 PM | #67 |
Wizard
Posts: 1,010
Karma: 12012526
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Canada
Device: Sony PRS-650
|
Let's cancel it, then. Rescind the concept of copyright. Take away the protection that we currently provide. Let's see how that benefits creators and their widows and orphans. Then, once that sinks in, let's see what they're willing to do to get it back. See what bargain they're willing to accept.
|
10-12-2019, 12:27 PM | #68 |
monkey on the fringe
Posts: 45,481
Karma: 158151390
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Seattle Metro
Device: Moto E6, Echo Show
|
|
10-12-2019, 12:33 PM | #69 | |
monkey on the fringe
Posts: 45,481
Karma: 158151390
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Seattle Metro
Device: Moto E6, Echo Show
|
Quote:
Society doesn't make that same contract with physical property. Society protects your right to ownership without demanding that you relinquish control of it after a set amount of time. So why should intellectual property be any different? |
|
10-12-2019, 01:05 PM | #70 | |
Readaholic
Posts: 5,156
Karma: 90000000
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: South Georgia
Device: Surface Pro 6 / Galaxy Tab A 8"
|
Quote:
Apache |
|
10-12-2019, 01:16 PM | #71 |
monkey on the fringe
Posts: 45,481
Karma: 158151390
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Seattle Metro
Device: Moto E6, Echo Show
|
|
10-12-2019, 04:39 PM | #72 | |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 7,195
Karma: 70314280
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Atlanta, GA
Device: iPad Pro, iPad mini, Kobo Aura, Amazon paperwhite, Sony PRS-T2
|
Quote:
|
|
10-12-2019, 04:46 PM | #73 | |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 7,195
Karma: 70314280
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Atlanta, GA
Device: iPad Pro, iPad mini, Kobo Aura, Amazon paperwhite, Sony PRS-T2
|
Quote:
|
|
10-12-2019, 06:08 PM | #74 | |
monkey on the fringe
Posts: 45,481
Karma: 158151390
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Seattle Metro
Device: Moto E6, Echo Show
|
Quote:
We're at an impasse. |
|
10-12-2019, 06:13 PM | #75 |
Unicycle Daredevil
Posts: 13,926
Karma: 185041098
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Planet of the Pudding Brains
Device: Aura HD (R.I.P. After six years the USB socket died.) tolino shine 3
|
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Public Domain | Ricky D'Angelo | General Discussions | 157 | 07-26-2019 03:10 PM |
Public Domain | Pizza_Cant_Read | Upload Help | 0 | 12-18-2018 08:42 AM |
Public Domain in the US? Maybe not... | guyanonymous | General Discussions | 2 | 01-20-2012 02:45 PM |
Public Domain in 2010 | seagull | Reading Recommendations | 16 | 01-01-2010 12:31 PM |
Google Public Domain | Vauh | E-Books | 4 | 04-13-2009 10:32 AM |