Copyright Alliance Presses Presidential Candidates

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Not satisfied with the current copyright terms of life plus seventy years and huge financial liabilities for infringement, the Copyright Alliance is pressuring presidential candidates for stronger copyright laws. In particular, they want the candidates to promise to divert police resources to punish even non-commercial copyright infringement. After all, without copyright, what would become of the next Shakespeare, Michaelangelo, or da Vinci?"

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We need our own SCARY LAWS to lobby for...

[zotz]

So, we need some ideas for laws to lobby for that will scare the pants off of these guys. And yet ones that are reasonable and even perhaps wildly beneficial for the actual creative people.

See for instance some ideas here:

http://zotzbro.blogspot.com/2007/04/some-thoughts-on-copyright-offensive.html

all the best,

drew

Re:How about FAIR copyright and FAIR use?

[zotz]

"Instead of copyright law biased to the media companies, how about FAIR copyright?"

Yes, and how about having some counter proposals for laws. Ones that might scare the other side. Ones that we might be able to compromise on if necessary and still be better off than now after the compromise.

I invite your thoughts:

http://zotzbro.blogspot.com/2007/04/some-thoughts-on-copyright-offensive.html

all the best,

drew