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A big, heavy, steaming pile of BS
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 7:51 pm
by Red Squirrel
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ ... /WBmingram
Just glad Canada is not affected as much. At least it's up to the ISP to decide. The states is really F#$#@$cked up when it comes to copyright. i still personally think Copyright should be abolished completely. It's a wall that deters people from enjoying other people's work/arts etc. Same with patents, they disable the ability for innovations to get off the ground. Abolish it all, I say.
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A big, heavy, steaming pile of BS
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:36 pm
by Death
Red Squirrel wrote:http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ ... /WBmingram
Just glad Canada is not affected as much. At least it's up to the ISP to decide. The states is really F#$#@$cked up when it comes to copyright. i still personally think Copyright should be abolished completely. It's a wall that deters people from enjoying other people's work/arts etc. Same with patents, they disable the ability for innovations to get off the ground. Abolish it all, I say.
Well, I say patents and copyrights should still be allowed because it's another person's work that they took the time to produce and work hard on. Sometimes it's brought way too far though. Like the music industry with artists who are so strict about their music. It's total BS. Back in the day, you taped a song off the radio and made a mixed tape for your friends, what the hell is the difference these days? So there's more people doing it because technology has advanced. Although I'm not in favor of ripping artists off, but tbh, artists have gotten lazy these days. They release one good song and the rest are shit and they want you to pay 20$+ for their cd. That's why I'm in favor of the songs you buy for a buck. You buy the ones you want and go to concerts to support the artist.
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A big, heavy, steaming pile of BS
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:55 pm
by Nexus Graveheart
I agree mostly Death. Artists make the bulk of their money from exposure and tour revenue. Ever since Napster, and maybe a while before it, record sales have merely been trophies.
Regarding copyrights, I'm completely in favor of them. It is no fun to work hard on creating something, only to have somebody else profit from it. Of course, I'm coming from the area of fine arts, and not the popular music community. I did take a class on recording industry copyright law my second year in college, but I don't remember much from it. And since I don't remember much, I'm unsure if copyrighting differs from industry to industry. But I have had friends who designed stuff in their spare time and posted them on their websites, only to find some guy using their exact same design on t-shirts, selling them for $20 a pop.
Anyways, the article refers to privacy basically. What I got from it was Viacom is trying to pull an RIAA, except with video. I wouldn't consider it unlikely that at some point we'll see Viacom sueing some housewife for watching clips from "Trading Spaces" one time too many. It all comes down to corporations and governments trying their hardest to keep tabs on citizens. Whether or not they should is a large debate and one that I don't intend to pursue at the moment.
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