Clearly copyright law is wrong, and needs correction. The extensive use of the propaganda term "Intellectual Property" is the first thing that has to go. There is no such thing. There are copyrights, trade marks, and patents. Each of these involve a government enforced monopoly, which is granted to help benefit society in the long run.
The benefits to society stopped outweighing the costs a long time ago. There is no natural cost to making a digital copy of a work, or using an idea. Nothing in nature stops the spreading of good ideas. It is only by fiat that such things are restricted with the force of Government.
Clearly creators of works need to be encouraged in their efforts, they need to be paid. Far too many creators are not fairly paid, with a rent seeking entity utilizing the asymmetry of the market to abuse them. This needs to end.
The excess profits for those rent seekers are an unlegislated, and hidden tax upon the rest of us. This also needs to end.
The political use of copyright to control debate and limit free speech needs to end.
What's Legal isn't the same as what is Moral. It's time to re-balance the law to more fairly treat all involved.
The benefits to society stopped outweighing the costs a long time ago. There is no natural cost to making a digital copy of a work, or using an idea. Nothing in nature stops the spreading of good ideas. It is only by fiat that such things are restricted with the force of Government.
Clearly creators of works need to be encouraged in their efforts, they need to be paid. Far too many creators are not fairly paid, with a rent seeking entity utilizing the asymmetry of the market to abuse them. This needs to end.
The excess profits for those rent seekers are an unlegislated, and hidden tax upon the rest of us. This also needs to end.
The political use of copyright to control debate and limit free speech needs to end.
What's Legal isn't the same as what is Moral. It's time to re-balance the law to more fairly treat all involved.