tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post2943390302931290038..comments2024-03-28T16:45:51.051+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Copyright: too much, too easy -- so don't protect?Verónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-37285821322372604952014-02-08T20:44:35.022+00:002014-02-08T20:44:35.022+00:00Interesting post by Anonymous at 11:40.
The "...Interesting post by Anonymous at 11:40.<br /><br />The "answer" (if there is one) comes down to the difference between nihilism and dignity of the human spirit.<br /><br />Are we by nature lawless, thus setting laws to survive? And in that process, choosing (quite arbitrarily) what those laws are?<br /><br />Or we by nature gifted with something that somehow is greater than us, thus striving to make our law reflect that higher nature? And in that process, reflecting on the dignity and exaltation just beyond (seemingly always just beyond) our grasps?<br /><br />I know which set of answers I believe in.<br /><br />So with this as a backdrop, let us ask ourselves, is it only stealing if it is illegal?<br /><br />Is it?<br /><br />One further question, this one for Anonymous at 11:40 personally: What is natural about the human spirit, what does that even mean, this 'human spirit' at all?<br /><br />Your answer dictates whether you play the schmuck or choose to soar. Either is fine with me.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-48077589010879078082014-02-08T11:40:33.163+00:002014-02-08T11:40:33.163+00:00It is only stealing if it is illegal, right? There...It is only stealing if it is illegal, right? There is nothing natural about IP law that I know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-37959274672911947112014-02-07T19:20:38.512+00:002014-02-07T19:20:38.512+00:00"The former being a far more liberal copyrigh..."The former being a far more liberal copyright"<br /><br />There's nothing 'liberal' about stealing people's rights. Unless you are the thief. The esteemed Mr Quilty proposed this (via SABEP) a few years ago and the consequences were then explained to him.<br /><br />"and lasting only a couple of years."<br /><br />Very generous.<br /><br />Copyright discussions that take place online were taken over by green ink eccentrics a long time ago. But this blog post one pretty much asked for green ink in industrial quantities!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-77188813416843434822014-02-04T09:50:18.191+00:002014-02-04T09:50:18.191+00:00Excellent first comment by DukePPUk. Of course, we...Excellent first comment by DukePPUk. Of course, we already have a system of "two-speed rights" with the design right, so it's clearly practicable. If you design something it is automatically protected (in the UK) by unregistered design right. But, you can also register that design for additional benefits (it becomes a monopoly right, copying need not be proven, longer duration, etc.). Could this work for copyright too?SGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14533346450129049222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-82701949413131925122014-02-04T09:26:59.571+00:002014-02-04T09:26:59.571+00:00Interesting post, and idea by DukePPUk.
On the to...Interesting post, and idea by DukePPUk.<br /><br />On the topic of 'intellectual breaching point', a similar question was posed to xkcd:<br />http://what-if.xkcd.com/76/ <br /><br />It concludes that this point was passed sometime in the 1500's, long before youtube appeared!Andy Spurrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-43338445717251722592014-02-03T19:31:03.665+00:002014-02-03T19:31:03.665+00:00I think that if you want to change the law a more ...I think that if you want to change the law a more direct path would benefit everyone than the piece written here.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-42506032021314674812014-02-03T18:43:52.550+00:002014-02-03T18:43:52.550+00:00Perhaps we should be splitting copyright into unre...Perhaps we should be splitting copyright into unregistered and registered copyrights.<br /><br />The former being a far more liberal copyright, perhaps focusing on restricting commercial uses, and lasting only a couple of years.<br /><br />The latter being the full copyright, more along the lines of what we have today - but with registration (so we know what is covered) and perhaps a renewal fee, to help ensure it is limited to those works still commercially viable, while freeing those works which are not.<br /><br />That way those who wish to get the full set of limits copyright covers can do so, while the rest of us don't find ourselves creating 100+year restrictions simply by writing a comment on a blog post.DukePPUknoreply@blogger.com