Technology Liberation Front - Latest Comments in The Growing Movement for Copyright Reform

Re: The Growing Movement for Copyright Reform

Tom Sydnor — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:37:44 -0000

The first comment is spot-on: At least as to the United States, Canada is a net importer of expressive works with a notoriously defective media-levy system. Naturally, Messrs. Masnick and Lee declined to confront these realities.

--Tom Sydnor

Re: The Growing Movement for Copyright Reform

JohnMcDonald — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:21:31 -0000

Public opinion...What's that have to do with anything? ;)

I mean, Will it even matter when the copyright holders have millions & billions worth of that rent and they're willing to share it with the politicians and parties that serve their interests? I don't find much sympathy for the "poor" (freaking rich) IP owners, and people are even starting to realize that it isn't the authors, artists, and scientists that own their own works.

This hasn't slowed down government enforcement of such absurd laws, it has accelerated them. They wouldn't need such harsh laws if public opinion was as compliant as it used to be - the laws are a symptom of that shift in public views. /cynical

Re: The Growing Movement for Copyright Reform

Don Marti — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:53:39 -0000

Encouraging, but how much of it has to do with a country's balance of copyright payments -- whether it's a net licensor or licensee?