WipOut Contest

musicmaster writes "A couple of organisations that worry about too much copyright protection have organised an essay contest about intellectual property. This contest is meant as an alternative to a similar WIPO contest. The contest can be found at Wipout Among the participating organisations are Center for the public domain, the Register, the EFF and the GNU foundation."

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excerpt from my planned submission.

[motherhead]

"Everytime I turn on the television and see that the government has it's thought-stealing satellites out beaming their lasers on me, broadcasting my ideas and secrets on NBC. Well I would reach for my tin foil helmet...

That is until i found there are laws to protect me now. Thanks WIPO! I just wish there were laws to make the neighbors dog stop ordering me to kill."

I don't get it..

[PopeAlien]

.. So how do I ensure that I am getting proper royalties from this essay? Has wipout got some sort of advanced DRM that will insure that my ip remains the property of wipo and I recieve .002 cent's per dollar sale? What about making sure that I recieve multiple royalties based on delivery media? I'm gonna have to run this by the RIAA and make sure it's legit, then I'll roam the web and 'sample' material from various sites and use it for my 'unique' personal essay.