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'Jane Doe' Lawyer Glenn Peterson Talks With GrepLaw
scubacuda writes "Glenn Peterson, attorney at McDonough Holland & Allen, represents 'Jane Doe,' one of the first to fight the constitutionality of recent RIAA subpoenas. In this GrepLaw interview, Glenn gives his thoughts on recent RIAA strong arm tactics, Matt Openheim's assertion that Jane Doe's arguments have 'already been addressed by a federal judge,' and the danger of giving subpoena power to anyone pretending to have a copyright claim."
Indeed, but having an open mind doesn't mean accepting all views as equal. It simply means considering the possibility. I've thought about this issue, and I believe it's not only completely infeasable, but also counter-intuitive to the capitalistic methods under which most North Americans operate. It has nothing to do with having an open mind, just realistic and practical views.
The parent poster is clearly attacking the merit of such a system.
Actually, the parent poster was claiming that copyright has no place because (s)he believes that creativity itself outweights profit. I respectfully disagree, since without copyright law, I could spend years creating a novel only to have someone copy it near-verbatim and profit from my efforts. This may not be an issue if I were writing as a hobby, but this obviously does not apply to all writers.
A person who is able to sell his work to a person willing to support him has that right, but no more.
Absolutely. I never suggested that anyone with a guitar and a CD burner deserves to have money thrown at them, only that they should be able to turn a profit from their efforts.It's not a question of an individual creating something, so much as it is an issue of having someone else claim pass off that work as their own and benefit financially from that. In fact, the parent poster claims theh (s)he would like to receive credit. Without copyright, what is preventing me from copying everything (s)he releases, changing a few words, and passing it off as my own work
If, as you say, people actually use their own morals and values to determine what creative works are profitable and/or distributed, then this should not be an issue to begin with.