Posts by Mark Harris
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PS as Rob Stowell notes upstream, copyright does not apply to ideas, only the expressions of ideas.
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Simon
I don't want your master tape. Keep it.I want the content that's on it to be released into the public domain as lyrics, as sheet music and as the expression of the one who recorded it first, in the form that they used.
Yes, there are different forms involved - an argument about differing lengths of protection for each can be had, but that's not what I'm discussing.
I want the song, or the novel, or the photograph released into the public domain when the period of copyright protection ends.
Yes, you physically own the master tape. No, you don't own the song.
You are granted a period of exclusive use as a benefit deriving from its creation, and as an incentive to create more works. That period is limited, after which the work becomes available for everyone to use as they wish.
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@don
Yes.
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That was the terrifying thing about Maurice Williamson as minister. You'd spend weeks crafting a speech guaranteed not to frighten the children and horses, laying out a specific policy in words easy to understand (for journalists, you know), prepare copies for the journos who would be covering the event and a press release or two, and every so often he'd get to the podium, screw up the speech and toss it over his shoulder, and then wing it.
We'd stand at the back furiously taking notes in case he promised something that hadn't been discussed. Which he did frequently.
oy.
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That said, mark kneebone's comments upstream indicate that even the small independents are in favour of this legislation (the Kool Aid must be tasty this season) so who knows?
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I dunno, seems to be the fashion. I didn't even know it was twitterese till a couple of weeks ago
If the faceless media corporations (FMCs) don't give a crap about their downstream agents and clients now, I doubt they're going to listen to them in the future. They have cash reserves and can ride out blips, but the smaller independents would get caught up in this as well, and the retailers would probably get hit hard.
From comments on PAS, I don't know that artistes would agree with you on what was "sensible" copyright.
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@juha
The problem with that approach is it doesn't hurt the ones you want to get the message across - it only hurts the retailers. The faceless media companies who push for this type of legislation are well insulated from this sort of thing, whereas the record stores and cinema outlets have very thin margins and shallow pockets.I agree that reason isn't working, though
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LOL
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Make it easy, make it cheap, and make it good, and we'll all flock to the screen, or the radio, or the rock show, in droves. Scare tactics like suing the pants off your biggest fans? That's the real anti-American road that should be less taken. How are we supposed to invest in innovators when they're not allowed to compete fairly against the big boys?
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A branch of Kinokuniya would be a wonderful addition.
not for my wallet it wouldn't. I spent SO much in there last time I was in Sydney. And I never got near the comics....