Copyright and Globalization in the Age of Computer Networks — the Free Software Foundation’s Richard Stallman.
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10
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The UK Pirate Party’s copyright working group subcommittee leader John Barron on — you guessed it.
Nov
9
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Indiana, still front and centre in the copyfight, recently decided she wasn’t content to accept the mainstream media reports of the UK government’s plans for its version of the Three Strikes policy.
Nov
5
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The act would reduce the term from 50 years to 35 years seems like a lot but with life expectancy being 70 years or so 35 years is half a lifetime,” says Paul Kamp. “I would push for a shorter term than 35 years.”
Nov
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Members of Britain’s new Featured Artists Coalition want the European Commission to help them recover their rights to their own music.
Nov
4
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“Not only are we in danger of losing our right to make our own copyright law, but our Constitution and Charter will be nothing but toilet paper…”
Nov
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I am interested to see if, between us here, we can find a consensus that returns copyright to its original intent, so that it only comes into play when someone is using your creation to make money.
Oct
31
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“How can we avoid demonizing P2P users while at the same time allocating funds to artists/copyright owners in a responsible manner?”
Oct
30
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The Three Strikes controversy has gobbled all the headlines, overshadowing a parallel package aimed at liberalising copyright
Oct
29
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The music coalition you have to break the law to join
Oct
27
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It’s long gone time for artists to be talking to fans, and fans to artists
Oct
27
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For the p2p community, the whole notion of copyright is suspect, because you have been demonised, harassed and in some cases had your lives destroyed in pursuit of protection of copyright
Oct
26
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The Future of Music Coalition (FMC) describes itself as US “national nonprofit organization that works to ensure a diverse musical culture where artists flourish, are compensated fairly for their work, and where fans can find the music they want”. And it’s just wrapped a three-day music policy meeting and in italics at the top of [...]
Oct
25
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Over in the UK, Crosbie Fitch is developing 1p2u (1P to you), which he describes like this:
It’s a little widget you put on your blog
It lets your readers become paying subscribers
Subscribers pay you a penny for each article you write
In other words, his interest in finding ways for people pay each other is more than [...]
Oct
22
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It should be clear to anyone who looks at the issue closely that copyright as it has developed over the past hundred years is not fit for use in the digital age, based as it is upon control of use. It is frankly ridiculous to think that people who have paid money to buy a [...]