Comments on: Why is it not in the public domain? http://simbatango.com/2010/01/01/why-is-it-not-in-the-public-domain/ Reflexiones de un león Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:54:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Simba http://simbatango.com/2010/01/01/why-is-it-not-in-the-public-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-530 Simba Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:35:34 +0000 http://simbatango.com/?p=1218#comment-530 Yes, it's a sad state of affairs. No wonder law professor Lawrence Lessig went from working with copyrights to fighting corruption... Yes, it’s a sad state of affairs. No wonder law professor Lawrence Lessig went from working with copyrights to fighting corruption…

]]> By: Andreas http://simbatango.com/2010/01/01/why-is-it-not-in-the-public-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-525 Andreas Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:56:19 +0000 http://simbatango.com/?p=1218#comment-525 The Content Industry is gearing up to become a real Orwellian threat. The ongoing "negotiations" on the "Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement" (ACTA), for example, are going on in secrecy and have been placed, in the face of FOIA requests in the USA, under protection of the US State Secrets Act. Go figure... The Content Industry has for some time now basically written laws and had politicians in their pockets force them down the throats of citizens, with the help of US diplomatic pressure. It seems now they will even be able to circumvent the legal system entirely when enforcing their claims in some countries. It is basically a case of a handful of very greedy people shaping public discourse and writing their own paychecks - drawn from our bank accounts. *end of rant* The Content Industry is gearing up to become a real Orwellian threat. The ongoing “negotiations” on the “Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement” (ACTA), for example, are going on in secrecy and have been placed, in the face of FOIA requests in the USA, under protection of the US State Secrets Act. Go figure…
The Content Industry has for some time now basically written laws and had politicians in their pockets force them down the throats of citizens, with the help of US diplomatic pressure. It seems now they will even be able to circumvent the legal system entirely when enforcing their claims in some countries.
It is basically a case of a handful of very greedy people shaping public discourse and writing their own paychecks – drawn from our bank accounts. *end of rant*

]]> By: tangocommuter http://simbatango.com/2010/01/01/why-is-it-not-in-the-public-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-521 tangocommuter Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:21:58 +0000 http://simbatango.com/?p=1218#comment-521 'We gotta cut out the greedheads!' ('Lord' Buckley.) I bet they PAID the politicians to give them all this free money! ‘We gotta cut out the greedheads!’ (‘Lord’ Buckley.) I bet they PAID the politicians to give them all this free money!

]]> By: Simba http://simbatango.com/2010/01/01/why-is-it-not-in-the-public-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-520 Simba Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:09:38 +0000 http://simbatango.com/?p=1218#comment-520 Maybe a bit of an exaggeration, but it was the removal of sound I was thinking of. I don't mind them selling their stuff or copyright in itself either. What I object to is that they several times retroactively extended the terms, and that they now are outrageously long. The usual suspect is Mickey Mouse and his 'parent' Disney. In fact I don't even mind them being greedy, but the politicians shouldn't have given them all this free money. Maybe a bit of an exaggeration, but it was the removal of sound I was thinking of. I don’t mind them selling their stuff or copyright in itself either.

What I object to is that they several times retroactively extended the terms, and that they now are outrageously long. The usual suspect is Mickey Mouse and his ‘parent’ Disney. In fact I don’t even mind them being greedy, but the politicians shouldn’t have given them all this free money.

]]> By: tangocommuter http://simbatango.com/2010/01/01/why-is-it-not-in-the-public-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-519 tangocommuter Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:08:50 +0000 http://simbatango.com/?p=1218#comment-519 Many thanks, Simba! But it's not really fair to say I'm feeling pain, not yet! They've put a link on two of my videos (at http://www.youtube.com/tanguero2x4) offering viewers the possibility to buy the track as a download. I've no problem with that. But it does pain me to see that the sound track has been removed from other videos (not mine, not yet) because of copyright violation. If I remember right, part of the problem goes back to ageing 60s rockers, who suddenly realised that under older copyright laws they faced an old age without royalties from their youthful output, and would have to sell off the odd private jet/yacht/mansion in order to get by. But the main problem is simply the greed of big corporations. I'm all for the artist being paid for creation: I'm not that keen on an artist's descendants getting anything for it, but the idea of corporations and their shareholders continuing to profit from work created long ago is simply outrageous. Many thanks, Simba! But it’s not really fair to say I’m feeling pain, not yet! They’ve put a link on two of my videos (at http://www.youtube.com/tanguero2x4) offering viewers the possibility to buy the track as a download. I’ve no problem with that. But it does pain me to see that the sound track has been removed from other videos (not mine, not yet) because of copyright violation.

If I remember right, part of the problem goes back to ageing 60s rockers, who suddenly realised that under older copyright laws they faced an old age without royalties from their youthful output, and would have to sell off the odd private jet/yacht/mansion in order to get by. But the main problem is simply the greed of big corporations. I’m all for the artist being paid for creation: I’m not that keen on an artist’s descendants getting anything for it, but the idea of corporations and their shareholders continuing to profit from work created long ago is simply outrageous.

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